Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel concerning the death of Palestinian Cabinet Minister Ziad Abu Ein.

Our Embassy in Tel Aviv, including our Ambassador, lobbied a range of contacts including senior Israeli National Security Council officials in the Prime Minister’s Office to encourage a swift and transparent investigation into the death of Palestinian Minister Ziad Abu Ein.

On 12 December 2014, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), issued a Press release saying he was shocked by the death of Palestinian Minister Ziad Abu Ein and calling for a swift and transparent investigation.