Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the 21 November 2017 to Question 113243 on Palestinians: foreign relations, what his Department’s definition is for viable and sovereign.

​The British Government remains committed to supporting the establishment of a viable and sovereign Palestinian state. This means a territorially contiguous state which allows the Palestinians to realise their aspirations for self-determination and self-government. For a future Palestinian state to be viable and sovereign there must be security arrangements that ensure Palestinian freedom of movement, and demonstrate that occupation is over.