Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Anne-Marie Trevelyan Excerpts

Monday 27th March 2023 Ministerial Corrections

The following is an extract from the urgent question on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories on 23 March 2023.

[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]

The hon. Lady mentioned the anniversary of the death of respected Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. It seems extraordinary that we are already a year on. The UK is committed to working with both Israel and the Palestinian Authority to advance that peaceful two-state solution. We voted no on the resolution pertaining to referral to the ICC because we consider that is not helpful to bringing the parties back to dialogue. As I set out in my answer to the urgent question, we continue to work with all parties to help find a way forward. We hope that the continuing role of talks will help to move that forward.

[Official Report, 23 March 2023, Vol. 730, c. 439.]

Letter of correction from the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Anne-Marie Trevelyan):

An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Ms Qaisar).

The correct information should have been:

[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]

We voted no on the resolution pertaining to referral to the International Court of Justice because we consider that is not helpful to bringing the parties back to dialogue.