§ Mr. BluntTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 22 October 2003,Official Report, column 617W, on the Middle East, whether Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention is one of the pieces of international law with which he believes the actions of the Israeli Government to be inconsistent. [136739]
§ Mr. Rammell[holding answer 10 November 2003]The Government believe that the deportation by the state of Israel of persons against whom no charges have been laid may be inconsistent with the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including Article 147.