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HANSARD Israel and GazaThe hon. Lady says that people are starving in Gaza. Everyone agrees that that is the case. The issue is what we can constructively do to bring about an end to the very worrying…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaThe right hon. Gentleman has served at a senior level in government and knows what Governments do and do not publish. However, he can rest assured that when we receive advice on…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaThe right hon. Gentleman has put his finger specifically on the treatment of detainees. As he will be aware, the treatment of detainees is governed by international humanitarian…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaRegardless of the accuracy of those final comments, there is no doubt at all, as I set out in my earlier responses, that the IPC report says that “famine is a very real scenario”.…19 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis session ends with the same question with which it started, and as I set out, we believe there must be accountability and we have made that clear to the Israeli authorities.12 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe British Government have always made it clear that they will recognise the Palestinian state when they think the time is right and such recognition would be helpful.12 Mar 2024HANSARDIsraeli Hostages in GazaNo, I am not saying that. I am saying that the current judgment of the British Government is that Israel has both the capacity and the intent to abide within international…12 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are asking that we have an interim report on both the key reports as soon as possible, and we will look at those reports as soon as they arrive and make our decisions…12 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for what he has said. He will have heard the five key priorities that the British Government have put on the table, and I am grateful to him…12 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is right about these appalling events, and the high commission in Abuja has raised these matters. Our hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce), who…12 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhatever the position of the Israeli Government, let me assure the hon. Member that Benny Gantz was received in this country. He was seen by the Foreign Secretary, and his visit…12 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is quite right to raise the appalling position in Sudan, which to some extent has been masked by other terrible events in the world. She will be pleased to hear…12 Mar 2024HANSARDIsraeli Occupation of the West BankThe hon. Member is entirely right about the importance of religious freedom, particularly in the circumstances that she so clearly set out. She may rest assured that those are…12 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think almost nothing that the hon. Gentleman has just said could possibly be deemed helpful in trying to bring the two sides together, achieve a pause, get the hostages out, get…12 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend asks an extremely good question. He and I have co-operated on this matter many times in the past. If he would be so good as to table a question on this…12 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe British Government have certainly raised those activities with the Israeli Government. That is why we have asked that they should be arrested, prosecuted and punished for…12 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her question. I was recently in Ethiopia, and was able to visit Tigray and the edge of the most food-insecure area, where—as the House will…12 Mar 2024HANSARDIsraeli Hostages in GazaYes, my hon. Friend is absolutely correct. He sets out the position extremely well. It is a top focus of all parts of the British Government to try to get the hostages back, as I…12 Mar 2024HANSARDIsraeli Hostages in GazaWe are very clear that we seek to document atrocities so that people can be held to account, no matter how long it takes. I set out earlier the additional funding specifically to…12 Mar 2024HANSARDGaza: Sustainable CeasefireOn the hon. Gentleman’s final point, which I think was the question, the answer is yes, but in respect of everything else he said, the answer is no.12 Mar 2024