Written questions

West Bank: Roads

Lords · Question HL8039 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 13 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the government of Israel’s decision to build a Palestinian-only bypass road in the E1 area of the West Bank.

Answer

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury, 13 Jun 2025

The UK condemn categorically the development of settlements. Settlements are illegal under international law and do not protect Israel. As the Foreign Secretary said on 20 May, the two-state solution is in peril, endangered not only by the war in Gaza, bu...