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HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsHostage cases are some of the most horrifying situations that a family can face. I know that many people in this House have met with Emily’s family, and have seen at first hand…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsThe deliberations of the ICC on this matter have gone on for some time. I think it is clear for all to see the way in which it has proceeded, and I welcome it.25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsAs I think has been clear from our actions from July when we became the Government, the international rule of law is incredibly important to this Government. All our actions will…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsI can confirm that the Department and the Government as a whole keep our international obligations under close review, including in relation to the theatres described.25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsAs I said in answer to a question from my own Benches, we took steps on 2 September to ensure that, with one exemption—which I am happy to go into—we are not selling arms that are…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsThis Government think that adherence to international law, and being seen to adhere to international law, are incredibly important, and in everything we have done since July we…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsThere is a domestic legal process through our independent courts, and we cannot prejudge that process. I note that the shadow Attorney General has written to the Attorney General…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsI will not rehearse too much the answers provided on 2 September and on numerous occasions in the Chamber since then. We have suspended, with one exemption—to which I am happy to…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsThe right hon. Member says with dismay that war is ugly. War is ugly and we are doing everything that we can to bring it to a close through all the diplomatic measures we would…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsI would like to just be clear that what I have said this afternoon is not that the Government will uphold arrest warrants. What I have been clear about this afternoon is that due…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsAs the hon. Member alludes to, I have met those families, and many other families who have been so wounded by the conduct of this conflict, over the course of the last…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsI know that the right hon. Member has looked at these issues over a long period of time. Questions of complementarity are important, and I understand that they were considered by…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsI am not really able to go much further than to say that there is a domestic legal process, through our independent courts, that would determine whether to endorse an arrest…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsI am slightly stumped by the questions from the Opposition. We are signatories to the ICC Act. I think the whole House agrees with the importance of the rule of law.…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsI recognise my hon. Friend’s long commitment to these issues. As you would expect, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will not comment further on the ICC process, which needs now to carry…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsLast Thursday, judges at the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and the…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsEvery member of the Government—most particularly the Foreign Secretary and the rest of the Foreign Office ministerial team—is engaged every day, including this morning, in…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsI welcome the questions from the right hon. Member across the Benches. Utmost in the Government’s mind is the need to bring an immediate end to the conflict in Gaza and to secure…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsThis is described in international law as the question of complementarity, and it was considered by the pre-trial chamber. Given the independence of the ICC, I do not think it…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. Support for international criminal justice and accountability has traditionally been a matter on which we have had widespread support in…25 Nov 2024