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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Cass Review

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View all Ben Bradshaw (Lab - Exeter) contributions to the debate on: Cass Review

Written Question
Arms Trade: Israel
Wednesday 27th March 2024

Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many UK arms export licences have been issued where the end user is the Israeli Defence Force for (a) equipment and (b) parts of equipment in the last 6 months.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics, including data on outcome, end user destination, overall value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This data is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.

The most recent Official Statistics cover the period 1 April - 30 June 2023.

Information regarding export licensing decisions made between 1 October – 31 December 2023 will be published after April 2024 and information regarding export licensing decisions made between 1 January – 31 March 2024 will be published later this year.


Written Question
Arms Trade: Israel
Wednesday 27th March 2024

Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many UK arms export licences are currently active for (a) equipment and (b) parts of equipment whose end user is the Israeli Defence Force.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics, including data on outcome, end user destination, overall value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This data is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.

The most recent Official Statistics cover the period 1 April - 30 June 2023.

Information regarding export licensing decisions made between 1 October – 31 December 2023 will be published after April 2024 and information regarding export licensing decisions made between 1 January – 31 March 2024 will be published later this year.


Written Question
F-35 Aircraft: Export Controls
Wednesday 27th March 2024

Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many arms export licences have been issued for (a) equipment and (b) parts of equipment for American built F-35 aircraft in the last 10 years.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics. This covers all requested data up until 30 June 2023.

This data is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.


Written Question
F-35 Aircraft: Export Controls
Wednesday 27th March 2024

Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many arms export licences are currently active for (a) equipment and (b) parts of equipment used in American built F-35 aircraft.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics. This covers all requested data up until 30 June 2023.

This data is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.


Written Question
F-16 Aircraft: Export Controls
Wednesday 27th March 2024

Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of domestic arms export licences are active for (a) equipment and (b) parts of equipment used in American built F-16 aircraft.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics. This covers all requested data up until 30 June 2023.

This data is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.


Written Question
F-16 Aircraft: Export Controls
Wednesday 27th March 2024

Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many arms export licences have been issued for (a) equipment and (b) parts of equipment for American built F16 aircraft in the last 10 years.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics. This covers all requested data up until 30 June 2023.

This data is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Cyber-security and UK Democracy

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View all Ben Bradshaw (Lab - Exeter) contributions to the debate on: Cyber-security and UK Democracy

Division Vote (Commons)
25 Mar 2024 - Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Ben Bradshaw (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 120 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 265
Division Vote (Commons)
25 Mar 2024 - Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Ben Bradshaw (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 121 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 265