Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Louise Haigh and Simon Danczuk

Wednesday 11th January 2017 Commons Chamber

[Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab)]

2. What assessment she has made of the implications of demolitions in the occupied Palestinian territories in 2015-16 for her Department’s policies in that region.

[Simon Danczuk (Rochdale) (Ind)]

4. What assessment she has made of the implications of demolitions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in 2015-16 for her Department’s policies in that region.

[The Minister of State, Department for International Development (Rory Stewart)]

The Department’s assessment, in line with long-standing British Government policy, is that demolitions are illegal under international humanitarian law, and that they undermine the credibility and viability of a two-state solution.