Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian effect on Palestinians in the West Bank of restrictions on their movement.

We are deeply concerned about the impact of Israeli restrictions on Palestinians living in the West Bank, particularly in Area C and East Jerusalem. Access to water and land is restricted; with the inability to build freely on land and the threat of displacement from their homes. The UK is supporting access to water for agriculture, the rehabilitation of existing infrastructure in Area C, and legal assistance to Palestinian communities at risk of forced eviction, demolition and displacement. The UK regularly calls on Israel to lift restrictions on access and movement across the Occupied Palestinian Territories.