Question follow-through · 54175

Israeli Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help restrict the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 21 May 2025
Target answer date: 2 Jun 2025
Answer: 12 Jun 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

21 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help restrict the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2025
Answer published
We are clear that settlements are illegal under international law and undermine the prospects for peace. I have condemned the 22 new settlements announced by Israel on 29 May and we regularly urge Israel to halt settlement expansion in our diplomatic enga...

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