Overseas Trade: Israeli Settlements
Commons · Question 77552 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Chris Law
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
Answered by Chris Bryant, 13 Oct 2025
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 ...