Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of proposals that parts of the old city wall of Jerusalem should be demolished for traffic calming measures; and what representations they have made to the government of Israel about such proposals.

We have not made an assessment of this issue. We encourage Israel and the Palestinians to do all they can to work together to avoid tensions and continue to uphold the status quo at the holy sites in Jerusalem.