Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Israeli counterpart on the demolition of towns and villages in southern Lebanon.

I refer the Hon Member to the joint statement on the conflict in Lebanon issued on 14 April by the Foreign Secretary and eighteen of her international counterparts, which can be seen at the link below, as well as the Foreign Secretary's statement on 17 April welcoming the announcement of a ceasefire in Lebanon: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lebanon-joint-foreign-ministers-statement-14-april-2026.