Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2017 to Question 67423, what criteria his Department uses when deciding whether to raise an issue of incitement with the Palestinian Authority.

Officials at the Consulate-General in Jerusalem and ministers and officials at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office regularly raise the issue of incitement with Palestinian officials. During his recent visit to the region, the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson), urged President Abbas to ensure the Palestinian Authority does more to tackle incitement. We also raise specific instances where we are concerned that language from senior Palestinian officials is not conducive to peace. We continue to urge Israeli and Palestinian officials to revive the Trilateral Commission on incitement, to deal with specific allegations.