Middle East Peace Plan

David Jones Excerpts
Thursday 30th January 2020

(4 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Murrison Portrait Dr Murrison
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The hon. Lady has made her case very powerfully, but this is a plan. It is not in any way an agreement. We need to get back to negotiation between Israel and Palestine. This peace plan has been a long time in gestation. It is not agreed, and in order for it to work, it must be agreed between Israelis and Palestinians.

David Jones Portrait Mr David Jones (Clwyd West) (Con)
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All of us on these Benches welcome the Government’s commitment to the vision of a global Britain post-Brexit, but if “global Britain” is to be anything more than a strapline, it surely means a commitment to an international order that is founded on the rule of law. My right hon. Friend has already said that the British Government would not acquiesce in the illegal annexation of land that is already illegally held. Can he confirm that he has communicated that position to the American Government?

Andrew Murrison Portrait Dr Murrison
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Yes. Of course we have done that consistently. We have made our position clear consistently to the Americans and to others, and our position has not changed.