Israel and Palestine

Munira Wilson Excerpts

Tuesday 8th September 2026 Commons Chamber

[Ed Miliband]

Absolutely. These are issues that we raise with our Israeli counterparts. There are so many crises in Palestine, but this is a terrible crisis, which perhaps does not get the attention it deserves. The withholding of money, in its own way, is threatening the viability of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian state. Yes, they need to keep reforming, but Israel needs to release the funds.

[Munira Wilson (Twickenham) (LD)]

I warmly welcome the Foreign Secretary’s statement today. When I visited the west bank in 2022 with my hon. Friend the Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran), we met Palestinians whose homes and schools had been demolished to make way for settlements. It was utterly heartbreaking. The measures announced today are very welcome, albeit overdue. Will he tell the House what specific action he plans to take on British companies such as JCB, which facilitate that destruction—

[Richard Tice (Boston and Skegness) (Reform)]

Great company.

[Munira Wilson]

It finances some of our political parties in this country, but not the Liberal Democrats. [Interruption.]

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)]

Order. I do not need any contributions from those I have not called to speak. I call Munira Wilson to finish her question—quickly, please.

[Munira Wilson]

Will the Foreign Secretary tell the House what specific action he plans to take on British companies that facilitate this destruction, given that we were told by a Trade Minister this time last year that there was guidance on gov.uk—that is all there was—and that such companies should be aware of the reputational risk?

[Ed Miliband]

The hon. Lady raises an important issue. I think she will know that as we design a sanctions regime, we do not comment on individual companies in advance, but I think my statement was very clear: we do not want to see the construction, financing and so on of settlement expansion. That is the way we will think about our sanctions regime.