As one of its first foreign policy moves, the administration of UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. France and Canada joined the UK in this move. The three countries, together with Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, issued a joint statement confirming their intention to introduce new restrictions on trade with illegal settlements. Some of these countries have already sanctioned trade with illegal West Bank settlements, while others have sanctions in process, according to the UK government. British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told the House of Commons that Canada and France have joined the UK in the ban. The UK government said the move is intended to keep alive the possibility of a two-state solution.