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HANSARDGazaMy hon. Friend is quite right to say that, as a proscribed terror organisation, Hamas have certainly displayed some very frightening characteristics that we would expect of a…04 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaWith all due respect, I think that across this House we have had a very balanced approach to the suffering of all the communities in the region. The right hon. Member is right to…04 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaSometimes, the words we use are really important. There has been an enormous amount of suffering. We know that so many in Israel feel that we do not understand their need for…04 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaThe UK Government have been a supporter of the work of UNRWA throughout this conflict and before it. We have been supporting UNRWA financially, as have all international…04 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaI thank my hon. Friend for his question, and for his expertise on aid and foreign affairs. He is quite right to emphasise the actions of some settlers. There are many settler…04 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaI thank the Lib Dem spokesperson for his words. He is quite right to emphasise the psychological impact of this terrible conflict, and the traumatised state of people in the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaI thank the hon. Member for his ongoing support for peace in the region. He specifically mentioned the family of Eli Sharabi, and we know that those families have a UK connection.…04 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaI congratulate the hon. Member on all the work she does in her community to show international support and solidarity for communities in Gaza. We know that the humanitarian…04 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaSpecifically on the question of sanctions, I think my hon. Friend knows what I am going to say, which is that we do not talk about them until we make a decision. We review any…04 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaThe hon. Member is quite right to describe what feels like a hopeless situation, but I would remind him that over the last few weeks we have seen some rays of sunlight and a few…04 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaThe hon. Member is right to talk about the ongoing need for aid in the region, and the Prime Minister was very careful in his speech at the end of last week—I think he has…04 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaMy hon. Friend is quite right to point out the devastating impact of no aid getting through, and to say that a halt on goods and supplies entering Gaza, such as that recently…04 Mar 2025HANSARD British Indian Ocean TerritoryThat was the second point of order that was not really a point of order. It is quite fun to be in opposition, but what we have seen in the past 24 hours is genuine leadership on…26 Feb 2025HANSARD British Indian Ocean TerritoryWhat this debate has shown is that some Members are finding it difficult to deal with the fact that a treaty is between two sovereign Governments, and that when a Government are…26 Feb 2025HANSARD British Indian Ocean TerritoryI will just finish this point. The new UK Government inherited a situation in which the long-term future of the base was under threat. The previous Government obviously agreed…26 Feb 2025HANSARD British Indian Ocean TerritoryWe have heard some really interesting contributions during this debate. We have had some wild maths, which Carol Vorderman would have had a word or two to say about. We have had…26 Feb 2025HANSARD British Indian Ocean TerritoryThe right hon. Member has a long history of being active in the all-party parliamentary group with the hon. Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell), who is not in his place but is…26 Feb 2025HANSARD British Indian Ocean TerritoryI rest my case.26 Feb 2025HANSARD British Indian Ocean TerritoryAs the right hon. Member is aware, given his long background in intelligence, the lack of legal certainty is why we have acted. The base cannot operate in practical terms as it…26 Feb 2025HANSARD British Indian Ocean TerritoryI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I will conclude our debate—I am looking at you, Madam Deputy Speaker—by saying that—26 Feb 2025