Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 67758
Import Controls: Israeli Settlements
Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 24 July 2025
Question
Anna Gelderd
Labour — South East Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to introduce legislation to ban the importation of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderThe UK Government has a clear position that Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal under international law. Goods originating in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from preferential tariff treatment under the UK...
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