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HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationMy hon. Friend is entirely right to refer to the UK’s role at the United Nations. We take those responsibilities extremely seriously and our brilliant team who work at the UN are…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationMy hon. Friend accurately summarises the role and the importance that the Government attach to progressing the political process, and I thank her for her comments in that respect.08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationI have set out very clearly our understanding, our logic and the reasons why we and Opposition Front Benchers have reached the conclusions we have on a ceasefire. I hope, at the…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationI do not think I can give a running commentary on that, except to say that the sinews of everybody are bent towards achieving it. My right hon. Friend makes a good point that,…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationOnce again, the hon. Lady will have heard the views of spokespeople on both Front Benches on the issue of a ceasefire, but her comments underline the importance now of trying to…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationIt is not for the Government to make such an assessment; it is for lawyers and a court to do so. The critical thing is that Britain makes it clear that all countries must abide by…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationMy hon. Friend is right and knows a great deal about these issues. He is right about the atrocities committed on 7 October by Hamas. This was a pogrom. It was the worst loss of…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationThe right hon. Lady will have heard what I and the Opposition Front Bench spokesperson, the hon. Member for Wigan (Lisa Nandy), have said about ceasefires, but the hearts of the…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationI thank my hon. Friend for his comments, with which I agree entirely, and for his recollection of the Balfour declaration.08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to ask us to condemn settler violence. The Prime Minister did that yesterday when he addressed the House, I did it in my statement, and it…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationMy hon. Friend is entirely correct. I hope that he will agree with my Oslo analogy and think that should give us all some hope at a very dark time. He is entirely right in what I…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationI thank my right hon. and learned Friend for his comments, and of course he is right. Once again, I draw his attention to the words of the former Foreign Secretary Lord Hague, who…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationThe hon. Lady is entirely correct in her last point, and indeed in all that she said. She says that her constituents are upset beyond measure. One thing we can all agree, wherever…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationThe rights of protest are much cherished in this country, and, of course, they are enshrined in law and we respect that. As for what the Home Secretary said, we are all…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationI thank my right hon. Friend for his comments and, of course, he is absolutely right. We all recognise the motivation of those who call for a ceasefire and why they are doing it,…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationAs I set out in my statement, we are engaged on all those matters and doing everything we can, through Britain’s very strong diplomatic network, which means that we are engaged…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationThe head of UNICEF, who made those comments, is right to focus on what is happening in Gaza and to express her abhorrence of what is taking place. On the hon. Lady’s citation of…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationI do not think it fair to say that I was avoiding the question. I was making the point, which I know the hon. Gentleman will understand, that Britain was one of the first…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationWe are certainly considering that as the situation evolves, but for the moment, there are many specialists fulfilling a series of different purposes and different work in…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationThe hon. Gentleman is entirely right to raise the point about the number of journalists who have sadly lost their lives. Many very brave journalists are in the area trying to…08 Nov 2023