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HANSARDIsrael and GazaIn terms of the restrictions to which the hon. Gentleman refers, a little earlier I set out how I believe those restrictions can be mitigated, particularly in respect of the…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe funding to UNRWA from Britain has not stopped; we are paid up effectively until the end of April. Let me reassure the hon. Lady that as soon we have seen the two reports to…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaAs I have set out previously to the House, we have previously assessed that Israel is committed and capable of complying with international humanitarian law, and that is kept…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Gentleman, who is an enormously distinguished lawyer, is well aware that we do not disclose our internal legal advice, and that has consistently been the position of…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Lady invites me to qualify or add to the words I have already used to answer that and similar questions. I am sorry to disappoint her, but I am not going to do so.26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaFirst, I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his strong support for United Nations Security Council resolution 2728. He asks what the Government will do to ensure that it is…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy hon. Friend, the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, sets out with great eloquence what the international community now requires to take place as a result of resolution…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaFirst of all, may I welcome the hon. Member’s support for the Government’s position, which has not always been the case in these statements? In particular, I welcome the…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Lady is not right in what she says about there being a change in the Government position, for the reasons that I have repeatedly set out. The United Kingdom has long been…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI thank my right hon. and learned Friend for his extremely robust comments on an absolutely outrageous, shocking and disgraceful incident, which is now being personally…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe remedy for what the hon. Gentleman so eloquently describes in his question rests with Hamas and the negotiators in Qatar. If they release the hostages and a pause is agreed,…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaIt certainly should not do that. If I may, I draw my hon. Friend’s attention to the explanation of vote that was published at the same time as Britain supported the resolution…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Lady knows that I greatly respect her and the work that she does on the Select Committee. I do not think she should feel uncomfortable, because Britain has taken a…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI note that the hon. Gentleman is disappointed that we will not release the advice, but I can only point to the precedent to which I referred earlier—one that has been strongly…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy right hon. Friend makes a good point. I hope that he will have noticed that I am trying to take a balanced approach to these matters. The reason Britain did not call for an…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Gentleman really should not expect me to make a different point from the Dispatch Box having already set out the Government’s position. That is the position of the…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe hon. Gentleman is right to identify the delivery of aid from the air, for numerous reasons that hon. Members will understand, as suboptimal. The key way of getting urgently…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaWe have made it clear that we will look at the interim report from Catherine Colonna, and the United Nations reports. We hope that reforms will be made in such a way that we can…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI do not agree with my right hon. Friend. The resolution sets out the urgent demand for the unconditional release of all hostages. We welcome the ongoing diplomatic efforts by…26 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe Government are second to none in seeking to uphold the rule of law, and that point has been consistently reiterated from this Dispatch Box. The right hon. Gentleman raises…26 Mar 2024