Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs,  whether he plans to implement restrictions on trade with Israeli settlements through (a) sanctions and (b) primary legislation.

Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law and undermine the prospect of a two-state solution. As the Foreign Secretary made clear in his statement of 19 August "in the coming weeks we will set out a comprehensive set of measures to respond to Israeli government policies, protect the viability of the Palestinian state, target sanctions at those who participate in illegal settlement expansion and support a just and lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians". Further details will be shared with parliament in the usual way.