Debates between James Cleverly and Matt Western during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between James Cleverly and Matt Western
Tuesday 26th October 2021

(3 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Western Portrait Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington) (Lab)
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T4. I welcome the Secretary of State to her position. Will she update the House on her Government’s recent discussions with international allies on restarting a meaningful peace process between Palestine and the Israeli Government? Will she describe the personal importance that she attaches to achieving a two-state solution?

James Cleverly Portrait The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa (James Cleverly)
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My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary engages regularly with the leadership of both Israel and the Palestinian Authority. It remains a foundation stone of UK foreign policy in the region to pursue, support and, where possible, facilitate a two-state solution based on 1967 lines with agreed land swaps and Jerusalem as a shared capital of both states.