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Overseas Investment: Occupied Territories

Asked by Ayoub KhanIndependentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 23 April 2025UIN 40929

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to take steps to disclose UK foreign direct investment holdings in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

The Department for Business and Trade does not hold this information. It is held by the Office for National Statistics.

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