Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Israeli government on a UK-Israel free trade deal.

The United Kingdom-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement was signed on 18^th February 2019. This Agreement will enter into force at the end of the Transition Period on 1^st January 2021 and will allow businesses to trade as freely as they do now, without additional tariffs or barriers.

Total trade between the United Kingdom and Israel increased by 15 per cent in 2019 to £5.1bn. We value this trade relationship and are committed to strengthening it, so we will seek to work with counterparts in the new Israeli government to host a bilateral trade and investment summit in London.