Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they would be prepared, on request by the government of Ukraine, to sell them defensive, including lethal, weapons.

Any UK export of strategic goods will require an export licence. All export licence applications for Ukraine are rigorously assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and relevant national Arms Export Licensing Criteria.

The Government continues to closely monitor the situation.