Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what conversations he has held with his Israeli counterparts on the refusal, detention, and deportation of British nationals from the occupied Palestinian territory.

Consular staff are accessible 24/7 via our Consular Contact Centre. We do not as a matter of course record the reasons why a British national may have been deported or refused entry by a particular country. Denying elected representatives the opportunity to visit the West Bank and see the situation on the ground is counterproductive. We have raised these issues with the Israeli authorities.