Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the end-use of UK arms exports to Israel to ensure compliance with international humanitarian law.

The UK’s approach to export licensing under the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria involves a rigorous risk assessment before a licence is issued. These checks consider the nature of the items, the end-users and proposed end uses, information on which is typically provided through signed End-User and Stockist Undertakings (EUSUs).

This Government has suspended export licences where it was assessed that items covered might be used in Gaza, as announced to Parliament on 2 September 2024.

It is an offence for an export licence applicant to knowingly make a statement which is false. Licences are also kept under close and ongoing review. We are able to suspend or revoke licences as necessary when circumstances require.