A government minister has denied that plans to recognise Palestine are in breach of international law, after an influential group of peers wrote to the attorney general to warn against the move.
Some 38 members of the House of Lords, including some of the UK’s most eminent lawyers, wrote to Lord Hermer warning that Sir Keir’s pledge may be unlawful as the territory may not meet the criteria for statehood under the Montevideo Convention, a treaty signed in 1933.
