Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“What steps his Department is taking to help oppose the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank. ”
Tabled: 25 August 2026Answered: 1 September 2026
Asked by
James Naish
Labour — Rushcliffe
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
We are listening to farmers, and the Environment Secretary and Treasury Ministers met with the NFU on Monday. We have taken a fair and balanced approach: the vast, vast majority of farms will not be affected. What I will also say is that having grown up in a rural community, I know that rural communities also need an NHS that is back on its feet, schools that their children can go to and homes that their families can afford to live in, but we will continue to talk to the NFU and others.