{"value":{"id":1437293,"askingMemberId":4548,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-03-01T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-03-15T00:00:00","uin":"HL6554","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effects of Israeli settlement activity on the Geneva Convention.","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4210,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-03-15T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The UK's position on settlements is clear. They are illegal under international law. Minister James Cleverly raised UK opposition to settlement expansion with the Government of Israel on 9 November. The Fourth Geneva Convention, which applies to all occupied territories, including East Jerusalem, prohibits demolitions or forced evictions absent military necessity.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Israeli Settlements: Geneva Conventions","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1437293","method":"GET"}]}