Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 30064

Business: Israeli Settlements

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 17 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Andy Slaughter

LabourHammersmith 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 Alexander
The 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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