Asked by: Richard Quigley (Labour - Isle of Wight West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the Israeli Government upholds its obligations under international law.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK regularly calls on the Government of Israel to comply with its obligations under International Law.
As the Foreign Secretary set out in September, the official view of the Government is that Israel's continued occupation is unlawful, in line with the key finding of the ICJ's July 2024 Advisory Opinion.
Our view is based on the nature and totality of the Government of Israel's actions in Palestine over decades: the length of the occupation, the Government of Israel's entrenchment of its control and its expansionist agenda via illegal settlements.
Asked by: Richard Quigley (Labour - Isle of Wight West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking with international partners to help tackle irregular migration to the UK.
Answered by Anneliese Dodds
We engage regularly with our international partners on irregular migration, with a commitment to tackling people trafficking and the gangs profiting from it. In July we declared steps to reinforce our cooperation with Europol and announced up to £84 million for projects across Africa and the Middle East to address the reasons why people flee their homes. Through our new Border Security Command, we will also intensify efforts in transit countries to break the business models of these gangs including by disrupting the supply chains of small boat equipment and prosecuting those responsible.