Written questions

Import Controls: Israel

Commons · Question 27731 · Tabled 30 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 7 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Brian Leishman

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies on trade with illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opini

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 7 Feb 2025

The UK government considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law and is clear that goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from tariff and trade preferences under the UK’s current trade agreements with the Palestinia...