Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.”
Tabled: 26 March 2025Answered: 1 April 2025
Asked by
Lewis Atkinson
Labour — Sunderland Central
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Mr David Lammy)
Israeli settlements are illegal under international law and harm the prospects of a two-state solution. On 21 March, the UN Security Council made clear that we oppose any attempt to expand settlements in the west bank. I have been very clear with Israeli Ministers that they must clamp down on settler violence and end settler expansion.