Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 77552

Overseas Trade: Israeli Settlements

Tabled: 16 September 2025

Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Chris Law

Scottish National Party — Dundee Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department will suspend (a) trade preferences and (b) procurement contracts with entities (i) operating in or (ii) profiting from settlements in (A) East Jerusalem and (B) the West Bank.

Answer

Chris Bryant

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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