Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2018 to Question 133853 on Occupied Territories, what assessment he has made of whether trade between British businesses and Israeli entities in the Occupied Territories is consistent with UN Security Council Resolution 2234.

UN Security Council Resolution 2234 refers to Cyprus, and not Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The UK did however vote for UN Security Council Resolution 2334, in line with our support for a two-state solution. The resolution calls on all states to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967. Ultimately the decision to operate in settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is for each individual or company. It has long been our position that Israeli settlement activity is illegal and undermines the viability of two states for two peoples.