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438651

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the statement of 1 December 2014, HC Deb, 46W, what assessment he has made of the performance of the pilot scheme allowing individuals to be summoned rather than arrests being made at night.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	20243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>On 2 June, the Minister of State, my noble Friend, The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE met the Israeli Military Advocate General and discussed the pilot scheme allowing individuals to be summoned rather than be arrested at night. We understand that the scheme has functioned well and has been used in a significant proportion of arrests. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv continue to push for further progress on the issue of children held in military detention with Israeli officials. On 23 November, an official from our Embassy in Tel Aviv met Israel’s Chief Prosecutor and discussed the issue of child detention and on 27 August, our Ambassador to Tel Aviv lobbied the Israeli Military Advocate General on Children in Detention where the issue of child detention was also discussed.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/01/2016 14:25:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

524249

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answers of 27 April 2016 to Questions 34797 and 34798, what assessment he has made of the implications for the UK's role in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations of UK funding being used by UN-funded non-governmental organisations to commemorate Palestinian terrorists.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	40140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/06/2016 13:29:04 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

514454

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to raise the projected demolition of the villages of Susiya and Um Al Hiran with the government of Israel.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	34839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Tel Aviv has raised UK concerns with the Israeli Government on the issue of demolitions.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/04/2016 16:06:19 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

444994

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Palestinian Authority on recent comments related to the practice of honouring terrorists by Rami Hamdallah.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	22638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>We condemn the glorification of terrorism and all incitement to commit violence, whichever side it comes from. Since the start of the current violence we have spoken regularly to both the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority, urging them to use their influence to de-escalate the tensions. We regularly raise incitement with the Palestinian Authority, and have urged key figures to encourage calm and condemn violence. We continue to support the reinstatement of the Tripartite Committee as the appropriate channel to deal with allegations of incitement from either side.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/01/2016 16:03:58 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

532482

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether UK Ministers plan to participate in discussions initiated by the French government on the Middle East peace process.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	41741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>I attended the French ministerial meeting on 3 June in Paris, where a joint communiqué was agreed. We remain in close contact with the French government about their plans for follow-up work and will make decisions about possible UK participation as further detail emerges.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/07/2016 13:54:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

515335

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the proposal from the French government to convene a conference on the Israel-Palestine peace process.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	35258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>We are in close contact with the French about the proposed conference in Paris next month. We share the frustration at the lack of progress in the Middle East Peace Process. We believe that peace will ultimately only come through negotiations between the parties. Regional players, the EU and the Quartet can play a role in supporting progress.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/05/2016 14:01:16 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

516262

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to discourage the commemoration of acts of violence against Israeli civilians in the Palestinian Authority.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	35944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>We have urged the leadership of both the Palestinian and Israeli authorities to avoid doing anything to encourage violence or any steps which will make it more difficult to achieve a peaceful negotiated solution to the conflict. Our Consul General in Jerusalem regularly raises such concerns with the Palestinian leadership, including with President Abbas at their last meeting in March. We continue to support Palestinian calls to reinstate the Tripartite Committee on Incitement as the appropriate channel to deal with allegations of Palestinian or Israeli incitement.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/05/2016 14:47:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

385581

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the efforts of his French counterpart to encourage new peace talks between Israel and Palestine.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	4138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>We see merit in a balanced UN Security Council resolution at the right moment, setting out parameters for a political settlement. Any resolution must command the full support of the Security Council. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) has regular discussions with his French counterpart on the Middle East peace process. We will judge any proposal on the basis of whether it supports further progress in that process.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/07/2015 14:30:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

347700

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Israeli government about forced evictions and harassment of the inhabitants of the village of Susya on the West Bank.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>In May, officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv raised our serious concerns about the potential forcible transfer of the Bedouin in E1 and other parts of Area C, and the Israeli Supreme Court’s ruling approving the demolition of the West Bank village Susiya with the Head of Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories’ (COGAT) Civil Administration division. Most recently on the 28 May we raised these concerns with senior officials from the Israeli National Security Council. I also discussed the issue of settlements and our opposition to them with the National Security Advisor on 3 June.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/06/2015 13:26:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

422938

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Palestinian Authority on its involvement in direct peace talks without preconditions with the Israeli government.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	12815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>The UK has made clear, in conversations with the Palestinian Authority, that the best way to achieve a two-state solution is through negotiations. However, in order to achieve this, there must be an environment conducive to peace, and that is why we are urging all parties to de-escalate current tensions across Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymead and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) emphasised the importance of resolving the current tensions when he spoke to President Abbas on 9 October. On 8 October, our Consul General in Jerusalem raised our concerns with President Abbas’ political adviser, Majdi Khaldi; Palestinian chief negotiator and Secretary-General of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, Sa’eb Erekat; and the Palestinian Chief of Police, Hazem Attallah; as well as with Amal Jadou, Palestinian Assistant Minister for European Affairs, on 21 October.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/10/2015 15:18:58 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord