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HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanI am grateful to my hon. Friend for being crystal clear, as the UK Government have been, that UNRWA has a clear mandate—one that is obviously part of the UN framework not just in…29 Oct 2024HANSARD SudanI am grateful to the hon. Lady for the incredibly important point. She is right to underline that we must see an end to the hostilities. As I mentioned in response to the right…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanWe have been very clear about UNRWA’s role. As I have mentioned, UNRWA has a critical role, which is provided for via the UN, in relation to not just Gaza but many refugees in the…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanWith all due respect to the hon. Gentleman, I find the description of the UK Government’s communication of their views as soft whispering very surprising. He surely cannot have…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her comments. She raised a number of critical issues. I was pleased to see cross-party agreement on the desperate need for more aid to enter…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanWe will continue working with our international partners and through the UN to press Israel to ensure that UNRWA can continue its vital operations; we know how important its role…29 Oct 2024HANSARD SudanI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this. We have had discussions with a number of bilateral partners both in the region and outside it. In fact, I discussed this with the…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanI appreciate the considered question that my hon. Friend has just asked. The Colonna report itself, and the work that has been undertaken since, has focused on how we can ensure…29 Oct 2024HANSARD SudanI am grateful to my hon. Friend for asking for more specific details. She is right to emphasise the magnitude of the crisis: it is the world’s largest displacement crisis and now…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanI would say to my right hon. Friend that the message from the UK Government to the Israeli Government is actually extremely clear. It has been articulated by our Prime Minister,…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanThe UK Government’s position is very clear. We have advocated—in the Foreign Secretary’s case, since the first hours that he was in office—for the ceasefire that is so desperately…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanI am grateful to my hon. Friend for asking that very important question. We do need to see more aid entering Gaza, because it really is needed. As many Members have pointed out,…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanThe new UK Government have been absolutely clear that the kind of comments that we have seen from some Israeli Government Ministers are totally unacceptable. The views that have…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanThe UK Government have been very clear that we are extremely concerned about the situation in northern Gaza that my hon. Friend referred to. It is unacceptable that this month…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanI agree with the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation of the situation. We need to ensure that lifesaving supplies of water, sanitation, food and shelter do reach those who are in…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanAs has been discussed this afternoon, the UK and our partners have made it clear that the Israeli Government cannot continue to restrict aid—nor, indeed, should that be done by…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanThe new UK Government have been absolutely clear, as I have stated previously, that international humanitarian law must be upheld. I am sure that the right hon. Member was in the…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanI have discussed these issues directly with Commissioner-General Lazzarini and other members of the UNRWA leadership, as my hon. Friend would expect. I agree that we all need to…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanI am grateful to my hon. Friend for taking a long-term perspective on these critical questions. Given the humanitarian catastrophe, we agree that this decision, if implemented,…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanI am grateful to the hon. Member for his questions and, as ever, for his sincerity in discussing these issues. The UK Government will continue to work with charitable foundations…29 Oct 2024