On Tuesday 9th December 2025, Liberal Democrat parliamentarians came together for a roundtable to discuss the urgent need for a full UK ban on trade with Israel’s illegal settlements, and to brainstorm how best to coordinate parliamentary action around this issue.

The session opened with interventions from experts at Oxfam, Christian Aid and Amnesty International UK, who highlighted the UK’s legal obligations to prevent trade with illegal settlements, how UK companies are complicit in Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise, and the practicalities of what a ban could look like. This was followed by an open discussion about how parliamentarians can most effectively raise this issue and ensure the Government is pushed to act.

The session was chaired by Alistair Carmichael MP.