Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to increase trade between Scotland and Israel; and what potential opportunities there will be for that trading relationship after the UK has left the EU.

The value of trade in goods between Scotland and Israel was £120 million in 2016 (source: HM Revenue and Customs Regional Trade Statistics Database).

Israel is an important trading partner for the UK and we are committed to strengthening the trade relationship with Israel.

Israel currently has an Association Agreement with the EU on trade and we have established a UK-Israel working group to continue the progress we have seen to date, and to prepare the ground for a Post-Brexit trade agreement.