{"value":{"id":1869002,"askingMemberId":1447,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-01-07T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-01-12T00:00:00","uin":"103707","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Israeli counterpart on their diplomatic recognition of Somaliland.","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4572,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-01-13T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office regularly engages with the Somali authorities, political parties and civil society, as well as the Somaliland Office in London.</p><p>Decisions on Israeli diplomatic recognition are a matter for the Government of Israel. The Foreign Secretary has had no specific discussions with her Israeli counterpart on this subject.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Somaliland: Recognition of States","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1869002","method":"GET"}]}