Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 51388

Origin Marking: Israeli Settlements

Tabled: 12 May 2025

Answered: 15 May 2025

Named Day

Question

Brendan O'Hara

Scottish National Party — Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has undertaken (a) investigations and (b) enforcement measures as a result of goods originating from Israeli settlements being labelled as originating from within Israel’s pre-1967 borders.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander

The UK Government has a clear position that Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal under international law. Goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from preferential tariff treatment under the UK’s ...

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