Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 127406

Trade: Occupied Territories and Western Sahara

Tabled: 14 April 2026

Answered: 21 April 2026

Question

Brian Leishman

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answers of 1 April 2025 to question 41654 on Trade: Occupied Territories and Western Sahara, if he will update that guidance to include the need for consent to comply with international

Answer

Chris Bryant

The UK keeps its overseas business risk guidance, available on gov.uk, relating to Western Sahara and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) under review and will update it as necessary to reflect relevant international law considerations. The UK is ...

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