Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 30064
Business: Israeli Settlements
Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 17 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Andy Slaughter
Labour — Hammersmith and Chiswick
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether it is his policy to not (a) encourage and (b) support UK businesses seeking involvement in (i) economic and (ii) financial activities in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territor
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderThe UK government has a clear position that Israeli settlements are illegal under international law, constitute an obstacle to peace and threaten a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We do not encourage or offer support to economic an...
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