Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 96212
Palestine: Foreign Relations
Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025
Question
Afzal Khan
Labour — Manchester Rusholme
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to review UK National Archive material relating to Britain’s administration of the Mandate in Palestine between 1917 and 1948.
Answer
Mr Hamish FalconerAvailable materials from the era in question can be accessed by any member of the public who wishes to do so via the National Archives.