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HANSARDConflict in SudanI do agree with my hon. Friend about the importance of diplomatic efforts. We have provided support specifically to deal with sexual and gender-based violence, which has included…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanI am happy to enter into the wider debate about aid funding, whether in relation to Sudan, Afghanistan or Gaza, but I must also tell the House what I see on a day-to-day basis: in…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanMy hon. Friend is a doughty champion on these issues, and I know that she has been committed to them both in the House and before her election. We are focused on ensuring that our…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanFreedom of religious belief is absolutely vital in the region, and I have raised these questions in the region over the past few weeks. Obviously, in the wider context that we are…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanI wish we were in a position to talk about longer-term questions but, as I am sure my hon. Friend will understand, as the frontlines continue to move rapidly and the conflict…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanMy hon. Friend is experienced in these matters, and she asks the right set of questions. The details of what has happened in El Fasher, and indeed what is still happening, are…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanMy hon. Friend raises an important point. Cholera is now endemic in Sudan, and the spread of waterborne diseases is increasingly common in humanitarian crises. I know that there…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanWe have looked closely at the reports in The Guardian and the associated documentary evidence that it has provided. I have tried to set out our assessment of those reports. We are…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that specific attack. The details are truly horrifying: marauding through a hospital, killing civilians ward by ward, including the…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanThe hon. Gentleman has raised an important point. I can confirm that we have raised directly with both parties to the conflict the importance of the issues that he has mentioned.05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanI thank the right hon. Lady for that important set of questions. On accountability, we continue to lead the core group in Geneva. We are supporting the fact-finding mechanism of…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanI am sure the whole House will join me in condemning the shocking violence against civilians in El Fasher. The latest reports, including of 460 civilians being killed in a single…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanMy right hon. Friend—my predecessor—makes an important point about the role of what was known as the Wagner Group and is now Africa Corps. It has suffered some setbacks in the…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanAs the House will know, genocide determinations are, in the view of the British Government, a question for the competent courts. That does not in any way take away from the horror…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanI agree with my hon. Friend about aid access. On the tangible steps that we are taking, as I said earlier, we have called today for an emergency session of the UN Human Rights…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Gaza and HamasI thank the hon. Member for his important question and his as ever courteous tone. The work is important. The threats to the ceasefire are many and varied, and we will continue to…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Gaza and HamasThe House will be aware of events over the past 24 hours in Rafah, including reports that Israeli strikes took place last night. Estimates of the death toll vary, but the…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Gaza and HamasWe track events in Gaza incredibly carefully. I do not intend to give the House a running commentary on each and every individual incident that takes place. The situation remains…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Gaza and HamasThat is a vital question from my hon. Friend, who follows these things closely. As I said in my last answer, to get to the volumes that we need, we will need both Rafah and the…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Gaza and HamasI can reassure the House that the British Government remain in very regular contact at the highest levels with the American Government on these questions. The American Government,…29 Oct 2025