Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK and Palestinian strategic cooperation: memorandum of understanding, published on 28 April 2025, what expectations he has on education reforms required from the Palestinian Authority.

The UK supports the Palestinian Authority's (PA) commitment to delivering its ambitious and necessary 'National Program for Development and Reform'. As part of the UK-PA Memorandum of Understanding, the PA underlined its commitment to delivering its reform agenda in full as a matter of priority. As President Abbas has publicly outlined, the PA is committed to the modernisation of the education sector, including the development of a curriculum that is free from incitement according to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) standards. We are clear that any incitement to hatred or violence is unacceptable and has no place in education and support the PA in carrying out these reforms.