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169695

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date	11/12/2014
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	Middle East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they plan to take regarding Israel’s occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL3682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2014 answer text The Middle East Peace Process continues to be one of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's principal foreign policy priorities. Only a negotiated two-state solution will resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict once and for all and end the occupation. The UK stands ready to do all it can to support this goal. answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/12/2014 12:51:29 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

169696

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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	Middle East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they plan to take to protect the viability of the two state solution, in the light of Israel’s plans on settlement expansions.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL3683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>Discussions are underway in Brussels on what further measures the EU could take to discourage further settlement expansion. As the Foreign Affairs Council conclusions of 17 November made clear, the UK and other EU Member States are deeply concerned by recent developments, are closely monitoring the situation and its broader implications, and remain ready to take further action in order to protect the viability of the two state solution.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 22/12/2014 16:23:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

169697

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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	Occupied Territories
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to place restrictions on United Kingdom trade with Israeli settlements.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL3684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to place restrictions on UK trade with Israeli settlements. The Government has, however, placed advice online to raise awareness of the key security and political risks that UK businesses may face when operating abroad, including in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This includes guidance on Israeli settlements. We are advising British businesses to bear in mind the Government's view on the illegality of settlements under international law when considering their investments and activities in the region.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 22/12/2014 16:22:34 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

169698

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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	Occupied Territories
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to prohibit the importation of goods from Israeli settlements to the United Kingdom unless they are certified by the Palestinian Authority under the European Union–Palestine Liberation Organisation Association Agreement.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL3685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>There are currently no plans for EU or domestic legislation to ban the import of settlement products. The issue of settlement produce is a subject of ongoing work with our EU partners. This work includes steps to ensure that settlement products are correctly labelled to enable consumers to make informed decisions concerning the products they buy.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 22/12/2014 16:22:08 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

79196

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have sent emergency aid for the children of Gaza including medical, food and shelter.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL1357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have released £10million since the latest crisis began. We are giving the UN Relief and Works Agency £4 million in new funding to provide health care, clean water, blankets and cooking equipment to help tens of thousands of Palestinians affected by the violence in Gaza, and £3million to the UN World Food Programme to provide food vouchers to vulnerable families. We are also bringing forward £3 million to support the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross in repairing water infrastructure and providing emergency medical support.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is already spending almost £350million from 2011-2015 to address a broad range of Palestinian development and humanitarian needs, of which approximately £30million per annum is spent on Gaza.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 11/08/2014 12:04:29 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed