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Israel: Arms Trade

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 19712, tabled on 20 March 2024

Question

Marsha De Cordova
Labour
Battersea
Commons

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (a) suspending arms exports to and (b) reviewing trade agreements with Israel.

Answer

Mr Andrew Mitchell
Conservative
Sutton Coldfield
Commons

Answered on

26 March 2024

The Government operates a robust and thorough assessment of all licence applications against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria.

The UK's strategic partnership with Israel includes trade. As the Secretary of State for Business and Trade told the House on 7 March, Israel remains a part of the FTA programme, negotiations continue, and she has recently discussed with the Israeli Minister of Economy our existing trading relationship as well as how Israel is managing the challenges of working on an FTA while fighting a war.

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