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Written Question
Duke of York: Trade Promotion
Monday 12th May 2025

Asked by: Siân Berry (Green Party - Brighton Pavilion)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the (a) start and (b) finish date was of each overseas trips taken by Prince Andrew in his role as a trade envoy.

Answered by Gareth Thomas - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

I understand that the Duke of York visited multiple overseas states in his role as a Special Representative. To note the Duke of York was the Special Representative for UK Trade and Investment and not a Trade Envoy.

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Written Question
F-35 Aircraft: Export Controls
Thursday 10th October 2024

Asked by: Siân Berry (Green Party - Brighton Pavilion)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether L3Harris has used the provision under Section 4. part (2) of the open general export licence for exports for the Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II to export equipment where the end-user is Israel since 2 September 2024.

Answered by Douglas Alexander - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

Usage against Open General Export Licences (OGEL) is only recorded and held on an annual basis, and therefore it is not possible to report on the number of times an OGEL has been used from part way through the year.

The Export Control Joint Unit’s searchable database allows bespoke searches of published data to be conducted. This includes open licence usage broken down by specified year(s), separated by country; licence type; end user type and usage count. This database can be accessed at https://www.exportcontroldb.trade.gov.uk/sdb2/fox/sdb/. Please note that we do not publish open licence usage of specific companies.


Written Question
F-35 Aircraft: Export Controls
Thursday 10th October 2024

Asked by: Siân Berry (Green Party - Brighton Pavilion)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had discussions with (a) L3Harris on and (b) other UK-based companies using the open general export licence for exports for the Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II since 5 July 2024.

Answered by Douglas Alexander - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) has regular discussions with UK exporters on Open General Export Licences (OGELs) including the OGEL: exports in support of Joint Strike Fighter: F-35 Lightning II.

Exporters registered to OGELs have specific reporting obligations. More information on how ECJU works with exporters on OGELs can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/open-general-export-licences-ogels.


Written Question
Export Controls: Israel
Thursday 10th October 2024

Asked by: Siân Berry (Green Party - Brighton Pavilion)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether L3Harris held any of the export licences to Israel suspended on 2 September 2024

Answered by Douglas Alexander - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

L3Harris did not hold any of the Standard Individual Export Licence or Open Individual Export Licences that were suspended on 2 September 2024.