Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 27731

Import Controls: Israel

Tabled: 30 January 2025

Answered: 7 February 2025

Question

Brian Leishman

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies on trade with illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opini

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander

The UK government considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law and is clear that goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from tariff and trade preferences under the UK’s current trade agreements with the Palestinia...

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