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Financial Services: Occupied Territories

Asked by Dame Chi OnwurahLabourForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 30 October 2025UIN 83752

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has issued guidance to financial institutions on its investment decisions in the context of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the

Answered by Mr Hamish Falconer

There is guidance on gov.uk setting out the clear risks related to economic and financial activities in the settlements, and we do not encourage or offer support to such activity.

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