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HANSARDWar in GazaMy hon. Friend will know that the Government have repeatedly underlined the importance of Israel abiding by international humanitarian law. The Foreign Secretary and the Prime…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaOn the hon. Gentleman’s first point, there is no difference between what I have said today and the response I gave on the last occasion I was at the Dispatch Box, to which he…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaThe right hon. Lady sets out the heart-rending reports that she has received. That is why the Government, with as much vigour and co-operation with our allies as possible, are…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaMy hon. Friend is right in what he says. The rightful aim of defeating Hamas will not be achieved by allowing a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, as I am sure he would agree. He…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaShe shakes her head, but the fact is that the Government are doing everything they can, as we have set out—the Foreign Secretary has set it out, the Prime Minister has set it out…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaMy hon. Friend is right to identify a political horizon that is constructive; when this ghastly fighting is over, we hope that people will lift their eyes to a political horizon.…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaI do not recognise the early part of the hon. Lady’s question, but let me assure her, as I have assured the House in the past, that we are doing everything we can to address the…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaAlas, such questions are not susceptible to yes or no answers. We have made absolutely clear our view about an invasion of Rafah. The full reality of the specific incidents the…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to focus on the awful plight of the hostages, as she has done repeatedly in this House. She is also right to make it clear that, under…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to try to lift people’s eyes to the political horizon so that from this intolerable misery can come hope for the future. A great deal of…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaIn respect of my right hon. Friend’s final point, we will have to see what is required. Securing the temporary pier off the coast of Gaza is a way of getting additional aid in…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaThe early part of the hon. Gentleman’s question set out what we are all trying to address. On an arms embargo, he will know that the amount of arms that Britain supplies is…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that Hamas can have no role in Gaza in the future. Much of the work we are doing in that respect is designed to help to build up the Palestinian…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaThe hon. Gentleman says that the answers I gave to him and others last Tuesday are the same. Those answers reflect, in so far as the parameters of the situation are the same, the…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaThe point that my hon. Friend makes, which has been echoed in different ways across the House, is that we must ensure we do everything we can to make certain that the negotiations…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaI have given the hon. Lady the update from the Dispatch Box, in so far as there is an update to give. She asks me about the words that we are using in respect of Rafah. I have…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaWe continually appeal for more aid getting in by road. We have made arrangements for maritime entry, and entry from the air, but getting aid in through entry points on the road…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaThe right hon. Gentleman makes the point that Israel has the right to self-defence, but I am sure that he would accept that it must be exercised within international humanitarian…07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaI hope that the hon. Lady will accept that although the Government do not publish the legal advice that they receive, they always act in accordance with it.07 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaThe case that the hon. Lady makes should encourage everyone—the Government, but everyone else as well—to do everything they can to bring an end to this catastrophic conflict,…07 May 2024