Question follow-through · 30064
Business: Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether it is his policy to not (a) encourage and (b) support UK businesses seeking involvement in (i) economic and (ii) financial activities in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territor
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether it is his policy to not (a) encourage and (b) support UK businesses seeking involvement in (i) economic and (ii) financial activities in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territor
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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17 Feb 2025
Answer published
The UK government has a clear position that Israeli settlements are illegal under international law, constitute an obstacle to peace and threaten a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We do not encourage or offer support to economic an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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