Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts in the F35 global spare parts pool on the potential merits of (a) removing Israel from the pool and (b) introducing a carve out for UK parts not to be sent to Israel.

Conversations with F-35 Partners occur regularly and cover a range of issues; however, I am unable to disclose details of confidential conversations held within an international programme.