Following the Government statement on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown asks the Minister of State about strategic planning to bring about a two-state solution.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con)
The human misery and death on both sides, Israeli and Palestinian, are the worst I have witnessed since I became a Member of this House, and they will be solved only by a long-term political solution. Will my right hon. Friend, with whom I totally agree, explain what the British Government are doing in strategic planning to bring about a two-state solution?
The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Mr Andrew Mitchell)
There is an immense amount of work going on about how we get to the point where we can achieve that. As I set out in my statement, there is no alternative to the two-state solution, and all interested parties should get behind that.