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HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. This is a long-winded business, and I suspect it will go on and on for some time. I thank him for welcoming the fact that we have welcomed the…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanI thank my right hon. Friend for being a voice of reason amidst the clamour. This is not our plan. It is almost as if the UK Government had published it, but this is not a UK…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanWe have welcomed the fact that it has been published, as the right hon. Lady knows full well. Since there is a complete stand-off between the parties at the moment, we need to get…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanI thank my hon. Friend for his remarks. Of course we welcomed the release of this plan, which has been worked out over several years. That is not to say in any way that we endorse…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanThe hon. Gentleman has made his views very plain. Our position would be that we need to get back round the negotiating table. If that provides a starter for 10 for some, that is a…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanI think the hon. Lady needs to be a little careful with her language, if I may say so. If I may quote the EU High Representative—this is important, particularly in the context of…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanYes. Of course we have done that consistently. We have made our position clear consistently to the Americans and to others, and our position has not changed.30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanI disagree with the hon. Gentleman. It is right that the international community, particularly so soon after the publication of this thing, should at least welcome the fact that…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanWe are welcoming the release of the plan, but we are in no way endorsing it. That is not really for us to do; it is a matter for agreement between the two principal parties…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanYes, and that was essentially the burden of the Foreign Secretary’s statement on Tuesday: for this to work, it has to be negotiated between the principal parties. I have to…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanI thank my hon. Friend for her question. I can tell her that we will go further than that. Although it is not a solution to the situation, which is intolerable, we are putting a…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanI thank the hon. Lady for her question. I hope she has been watching closely the reaction of leaders, particularly in the region—from Saudi Arabia, from Egypt, from the UAE and,…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanI will answer that question very succinctly: yes, of course, I condemn antisemitism in all its forms.30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanThe hon. Gentleman has a great deal of experience in such matters. He will forgive me if I do not answer for the peace plan, because it is not the UK Government’s plan. We can…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Middle East Peace PlanThe hon. Lady has made her case very powerfully, but this is a plan. It is not in any way an agreement. We need to get back to negotiation between Israel and Palestine. This peace…30 Jan 2020HANSARDPalestine: UK AidAs my right hon. Friend knows, the UK is committed to making progress towards a negotiated two-state solution. Meanwhile, UK aid to Palestinians helps to meet immediate needs,…29 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI most certainly do join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to the Kurdistan Regional Government and other Governments in the area, including those of Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey,…29 Jan 2020HANSARDHungerThe hon. Gentleman is right to link TB and malnutrition, and I hope he approves of the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria last year. That…29 Jan 2020HANSARDHungerThe UK is at the forefront of the fight against hunger, giving £461 million to humanitarian food assistance in 2018 through the World Food Programme. We will take a leadership…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPalestine: UK AidMy right hon. Friend is right to raise this matter. We are clear with the Palestinian Authority on how we expect UK aid to be spent. Last week, I had a further meeting with the…29 Jan 2020