Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 33459

Israeli Settlements

Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Andy McDonald

LabourMiddlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of taking steps to prohibit UK-based investments in Israeli (a) companies and (b) banks that ar

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
The UK Government considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law and goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from tariff and trade preferences under the UK's current trade agreements with the Palestinian Authority an...

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