Graham Leadbitter MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
How these years work
Our reporting years run from 4 July to 3 July, starting with the 2024 general election. They are not official parliamentary sessions. Office costs keep IPSA’s April–March financial years. Records may cover only part of a year; a missing record does not mean no work was done.
Read what this MP said, asked and contributed in Parliament.
8 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Israeli Settlements: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Occupied Territories Bill proceeding through the Irish Parliament; and whether he plans to
Answer: The UK government considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law and goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from tariff and trade preferences under the UK's current trade agreements with the Palestinian Authority an...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWest Bank: CeasefiresForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 25538 on West Bank: Ceasefires, if he will have discussions with his Israeli counterpart on ensuring the de-escalation o
Answer: The Foreign Secretary raised the need for de-escalation of violence in the West Bank when he spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar on 22 January. Stability in the West Bank is crucial to ensure the fragile ceasefire in Gaza can last. All sides should ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordJordan Valley: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the vote in the Israeli Knesset on annexation of the Jordan Valley on 22 January 2025.
Answer: The Government's view is that Israel's presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is governed by the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, to which Israel is a state party. The Government is also clear that Israeli settlements are ille...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOccupied Territories: PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of violence against Palestinian communities in the Occupied West Bank carr
Answer: As the Prime Minister said in the House on 22 January, we are deeply concerned by what is happening in the West Bank. We have raised this a number of times in the various exchanges that we have had with Israel at both ministerial and official level. It is...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOccupied Territories: PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the policies of the (a) Israeli and (b) US governments on the expansion of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Te
Answer: As the Prime Minister said in the House on 22 January, we are deeply concerned by what is happening in the West Bank. We have raised this a number of times in the various exchanges that we have had with Israel at both ministerial and official level. It is...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEast Jerusalem and West Bank PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his international counterparts on taking steps to protect Palestinians in (a) the occupied West Bank and (b) East Jerusalem.
Answer: Stability in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is crucial to ensure that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza can last. The UK will continue to work with Israel, the Palestinian Authority, the US and regional partners to build consensus for a post-conflict Gaza g...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWest Bank: CeasefiresForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help negotiate a ceasefire in the West Bank.
Answer: The risk of rising instability in the West Bank is serious, and the need for de-escalation urgent. The UK has been clear that it is in no-one's interest for further conflict and instability to spread in the West Bank. We continue to call on Israeli author...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordJagtar Singh JohalForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will publicly call for the release of Jagtar Singh Johal.
Answer: The UK Government is absolutely committed to pushing the Government of India for faster progress in resolving Jagtar Singh Johal's case. The Foreign Secretary raised concerns on multiple occasions with the Government of India, including regarding Mr Johal...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament record
Explore activity by topic or department
Written questions by answering department
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.
View as listWhat this shows and doesn't show
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →