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HANSARDIsrael and PalestineMy hon. Friend is entirely correct. There is a huge danger that, as a result of insufficient food, appalling sanitation and inadequate shelter—made worse by the winter rains—these…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineIt is not for me to second-guess the military tactics of what is going on in Gaza, but all I can say to the hon. Gentleman is to repeat the point I have made before: all parties…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineI can tell my right hon. Friend that his first point, about the importance of these matters, is well understood by the Government. On his second point, that is not the policy of…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineNo, but I can tell the hon. Member that, in respect of the humanitarian difficulties that he has identified, we are doing everything we can to try to secure unhindered…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineThere is clearly no place in any future settlement for Hamas and their vile ideology and terrorist actions. The two-state solution must be driven forward by people of good will on…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineAs I think the hon. Member will know, we are pressing for a sustainable ceasefire as well as humanitarian causes, and we are doing everything we can in that respect. In respect of…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineI do think that using such inflammatory terms is unhelpful; I agree with my right hon. Friend about that. In respect of the ICJ, South Africa is entirely entitled to refer this…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineI am sure that there will be plenty of time for these legal concepts to be questioned and advanced, but the central aim of the British Government today is to get relief and…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineThere has been an increase in the amount of fuel getting into Gaza, but my right hon. Friend is right that it needs to be distributed. We are looking very carefully at how we can…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineThe hon. Lady will know that Britain has one of the toughest arms exports regulation regimes in the world. Clearly, any new applications would be considered by that very tough…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineMy hon. Friend makes a very good case. He is right that we must ensure that those who perpetrate the dreadful evil to which he refers are not able to do so again.08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineThese discussions are going on all the time, and they are greatly assisted by the British Government’s appointment of Mark Bryson-Richardson, the humanitarian co-ordinator. The…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineI hope that my hon. Friend will forgive me if I do not speculate on his last point, but he is right that we need to work towards a sustainable ceasefire. We need yet more urgently…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineThe policy of the Government—supported, I think, by those on the Opposition Front Bench—is to secure a sustainable ceasefire. The problem with the right hon. Gentleman’s analysis,…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineMy right hon. Friend raises an important point. That point is separate from the conflict in Gaza, but she will have heard what the Prime Minister, the Defence Secretary and the…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineAs the hon. Gentleman knows, the policy of an immediate ceasefire is not shared by either the Government or, indeed, those on the Opposition Front Bench. In respect of the work of…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineThe hon. Gentleman is right about the danger of diseases, which I spelled out a few moments ago to one of his hon. Friends, but the critical requirement is to ensure that we focus…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineMy hon. Friend will have noted a variety of different comments that have been made by Israeli spokesmen and Israeli Ministers, but it is very strongly the policy of the British…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineThe hon. Lady is entirely right to talk about accountability mechanisms. In this urgent question I have made it clear at least twice that the British Government are absolutely…08 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineMy hon. Friend is right to identify the agony being felt by so many of the hostages’ families, relations and loved ones. Some 130 hostages remain in Gaza, and we are working…08 Jan 2024