Oral QuestionTreasury

“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 26 January 2022Answered: 1 February 2022

Answering Minister

the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Mr David Lammy)

We have been clear that we will recognise a Palestinian state by the United Nations General Assembly in September to protect the viability of the two-state solution, unless the Israeli Government take substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza and commit to a long-term sustainable peace.