Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 56809

F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts

Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will place conditionality on the use of UK manufactured components sold into the F35 spare parts components pool.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
Once parts are exported from the UK to the F-35 global spares pool and aircraft assembly facilities, due to the design of the programme, the UK does not have control over whether components are used for specific customer nations or not. The UK cannot make...

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