Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Monday 27th March 2023 Ministerial Corrections

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

The following is an extract from the urgent question on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories on 23 March 2023.

[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]

The hon. Lady mentioned the anniversary of the death of respected Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. It seems extraordinary that we are already a year on. The UK is committed to working with both Israel and the Palestinian Authority to advance that peaceful two-state solution. We voted no on the resolution pertaining to referral to the ICC because we consider that is not helpful to bringing the parties back to dialogue. As I set out in my answer to the urgent question, we continue to work with all parties to help find a way forward. We hope that the continuing role of talks will help to move that forward.

[Official Report, 23 March 2023, Vol. 730, c. 439.]

Letter of correction from the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Anne-Marie Trevelyan):

An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Ms Qaisar).

The correct information should have been:

[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]

We voted no on the resolution pertaining to referral to the International Court of Justice because we consider that is not helpful to bringing the parties back to dialogue.