Question follow-through · 77514
Import Controls: Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to prevent the importation of goods from the illegal territories in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 13 Oct 2025 · 27 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to prevent the importation of goods from the illegal territories in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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13 Oct 2025
Answer published
The UK Government has a clear position that Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) are illegal under international law. Goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements are not entitled to tariff and trade preferences under e...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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