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Palestine: Foreign Relations

Asked by Afzal KhanLabourForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 8 December 2025UIN 96212

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to review UK National Archive material relating to Britain’s administration of the Mandate in Palestine between 1917 and 1948.

Answered by Mr Hamish Falconer

Available materials from the era in question can be accessed by any member of the public who wishes to do so via the National Archives.

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