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 reported shooting of a fisherman off the coast of Gaza on 7 March and about their reported reduction of the fishing limit to four miles.

While officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv have not raised this particular case with the Israeli authorities, they have voiced concern over the Israel Defence Force’s use of live fire against fishermen.

The fishing limit remains at six nautical miles.