| Heading: |
Overseas Trade: Occupied Territories |
| Question ID: |
1811560 |
| UIN: |
58909 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-11 |
| Asking Member ID: |
227 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Andrew George
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| Asking Member handle: |
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Andrew George
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what (a) trading rules and (b) tariffs on trade apply between the UK and settlements within the Occupied Palestinian Territories. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-16 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
632 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Douglas Alexander
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| Answering Member handle: |
D_G_Alexander
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@D_G_Alexander
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
The UK Government has a clear position that Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal under international law. There are clear risks related to economic and financial activities in the settlements, and we do not encourage or ... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |