Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on 19 July 2024 regarding the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory; and when they expect to publish their analysis of that advisory opinion and its policy implications.

The UK respects the independence of the International Court of Justice, and we are considering its Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024 with the seriousness and rigour it deserves. We have been clear that many aspects of the Opinion are already government policy: Israeli settlements are illegal under international law, and Israel should end its presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as swiftly as possible.