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HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesA unilateral withdrawal from the F-35 programme would have the effect of fully suspending the programme at a time it is required for global peace and security.04 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI thank my hon. and gallant Friend, who served for a long time in the RAF, as well as in the United Nations. These issues are desperate. As he knows, we have taken actions against…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI have heard the force of my hon. Friend’s intervention, and I recognise the feeling right across the House on the need to see the situation in Gaza change. It is an urgency that…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMy hon. Friend has a long commitment to these issues, and we were discussing them through the recess. Clearly, the situation in relation to aid in Gaza remains absolutely…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI will return to this House when I have further announcements.04 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesOf course we have regard to and concerns for Palestinian people. The questions at issue in the assessment of risk are complicated legal ones. They are complicated because the…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI thank my hon. Friend for the question. I think I have been clear on that point, but yes, the United Nations should deliver the aid, in the principled way that it has previously.04 Jun 2025HANSARDAfrica Approach ConsultationMy noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa (Lord Collins of Highbury) has today made the following statement: Today, following the Foreign Secretary’s…02 Jun 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentI thank my hon. Friend, who I know has been long committed to these issues and used to be an aid worker herself. She is a doughty advocate on these points. We remain absolutely…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentI have heard in recent weeks a series of powerful interventions from Opposition Members, and I take them seriously with the weight they hold, particularly from the Father of the…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentMy hon. Friend asks important questions, and I have been clear from this Dispatch Box, and I am clear again, that aid must not be used as a pressure tool, it must not be used as…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentThe question of recognition of a Palestinian state is obviously one of vital importance. We want to do so as a contribution to a more stable region. We can see the serious and…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentI can assure the House that my focus is on the matters that we have discussed this afternoon. They are urgent and immediate, and they crowd out all other priorities.14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentThese responsibilities weigh heavily on me and on every member of the Government and the Foreign Office team. But let us not forget what this Government have done. Whether it is…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentYesterday, alongside partners, the UK convened a meeting of the UN Security Council in response to the intolerable civilian suffering and humanitarian need in Gaza. As I told the…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentI have set out the position on F-35s and the manner in which the global spares pool works. That is information provided by the experts who are responsible; I understand that some…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentI thank my hon. Friend for her continued engagement in these questions. As you would expect, Madam Deputy Speaker, I am afraid that I will not be speculating on further sanctions…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentI can reassure my hon. Friend and her constituents in Paisley that we discuss these matters urgently with our friends and allies, and we will always abide by our international…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentWe have supported airlifts in the past, as I am sure the right hon. Lady knows, and we were glad to work with our Jordanian partners on that question. I have to be straightforward…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentI will not speculate about further actions, but I recognise, as I did in my previous answer, how welcome it is that my hon. Friend has travelled to the region. Egypt is an…14 May 2025