Oral Question·Department for Business and Trade
“Whether he plans to resume previously suspended arms export licences to Israel.”
Tabled: 22 January 2026Answered: 29 January 2026
Asked by
Iqbal Mohamed
Independent — Dewsbury and Batley
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Answer from Hansard
The Minister of State, Department for Business and Trade (Chris Bryant)
We regularly assess Israel’s compliance with, and commitment to, international humanitarian law. It was those assessments that led us in September 2024 to suspend licences where the items might be used in military operations in Gaza. Most of the licences suspended at that time have since expired, but we have continued to refuse licence applications on the same basis.