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Israeli Settlements: Palestine

Commons · Question 96227 · Tabled 2 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 8 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Marsha De Cordova

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, entitled Database of all busin

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 8 Dec 2025

Our clear position is that Israeli settlements are illegal under international law. We are aware of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) database but do not comment on individual businesses.