Patricia Stephenson (Social Democrats)

The Long Title of the Bill lifts language directly from the advisory opinion of the ICJ. It states that the Bill is to provide compliance by the State with its international legal obligation. It reads: "... to take steps to prevent trade relations that assist in the maintenance of the illegal situation created by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory". However, two specific words have been deleted from the ICJ's wording. The ICJ held that states were obliged "to take steps to prevent trade or investment relations that assist in the maintenance of the illegal situation created by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory". I am interested to know why the word "investment" was deleted from the ICJ's finding. Was this deliberate in the heads of Bill or was it accidental?