Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraphs 209 to 213 of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024, what representations he has made to the Government of Israel on the use of Regulation 119 of the Defence (Emergency) Regulations 1945 as a basis for demolitions of Palestinian homes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal and undermine prospects for a two-state solution. We have regularly raised our concerns with the Government of Israel and called for an end to its expansion of settlements and to ensure accountability for settler violence and settler terrorism. As the Foreign Secretary set out in his statement of 8 September, the official view of the British Government is that the Israeli occupation is unlawful, because of entrenchment of its control, its intention to extend permanent sovereignty and its expansionist agenda via illegal settlements.