A Bill to make provision in connection with the recognition of the State of Palestine.
House of Lords
30 April 2026
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The Bill would require the UK Government to recognise Palestine as a sovereign state based on the pre-1967 borders and the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, in line with a UN General Assembly resolution. It would upgrade the Palestine Mission in London to a full diplomatic mission with all Vienna Convention immunities, and the Secretary of State would report to Parliament within two months on steps taken. The Act would apply UK‑wide and come into force on passage, with the short title Palestine Statehood (Recognition) Act 2024.
The Bill has completed its first reading and is currently at the Lords’ second reading (as of 14 March 2025). The next step is the Committee stage in the Lords; no specific amendments to the Palestine provisions are listed in the provided materials. A Select Committee report published later addresses other bills and general scrutiny of wide powers, but does not publish Palestine-specific amendments in these documents.
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13 Sept 2024
14 Mar 2025
The 2024-26 session of Parliament has prorogued and this bill will make no further progress.
The Committee highlights two main concerns. First, the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill contains wide powers (sections 30A/30B and the repeal power in 30A(4)) that could allow continuing private franchising and repeal of those provisions by regulation; it calls for ministerial clarification and, if the repeal power isn’t tightly limited, an affirmative (parliamentary) procedure. Second, the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill relies on skeleton clauses (Clauses 1–3, 9 and 5–6, 9) that would leave almost all substantive regulation to ministers via regulations, with little justification, consultation or detail; the Committee says these powers are inappropriate and should be removed or properly justified.
The Bill would require the UK Government to recognise Palestine as a sovereign state on the basis of the pre-1967 borders and the Palestinian right to self-determination, in line with UN General Assembly resolution 76/10 (2021). It would upgrade the Palestine Mission in London to a full diplomatic mission with all privileges and immunities under the Vienna Convention (as read with the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964). The Secretary of State must report to Parliament within two months detailing steps taken, the Act would apply across the UK, come into force on passage, and be cited as the Palestine Statehood (Recognition) Act 2024.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
