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HANSARDMiddle EastWe will come back to the House on that. We proudly uphold international law.14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank my hon. Friend for reminding us that however welcome the news, it is tempered by the loss over the past two years in Gaza and in Israel. It is essential that the voices of…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank my hon. Friend for raising that important point. I can reassure her that we are raising that issue with partners, for all the reasons she has set out.14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI am not going to condemn a plan that I welcomed yesterday. I think it is a really important step forward—it is a step that almost everybody in this House has welcomed, including…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI can give my hon. Friend our assurance on both those issues.14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastWe need it to go in today, tomorrow and in the coming days—we cannot delay on that front. That is among the most essential tasks that lie ahead, particularly in relation to the…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI certainly agree that is the only path, and we are of course talking to our allies about it, including our American allies, in the way that the hon. Member would expect: as…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastThe terms on which we recognised Palestine, and those on which all the countries that recently recognised Palestine did so, expressly acknowledged that Hamas can play no part in…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI can give my hon. Friend that important assurance, and I thank her for her question.14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastWe have made a significant contribution. As we go forward, we are looking at public and private commitments to the reconstruction project that needs to take place—not just the…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastLet me be clear: in the rebuilding that must go on, there has to be the bringing together of communities and also the accountability and justice that is necessary for a full…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastThe hon. Gentleman makes a really good point. The basis on which we are having our discussions is that it must be humanitarian aid—humanitarian in the sense that it is genuinely…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastWe are having conversations about the practical measures that can be taken on the ground with others, particularly the Jordanians, in terms of the physical arrangements that they…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastIt is important to involve Israelis and Palestinians across the board, from all communities, in the physical rebuilding as well as the rebuilding of the relationships that were in…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising the wider picture. The settlement across the wider middle east forms an important backdrop and is part of the backbone of what has…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastThe board is an important part of the architecture. It is for others to decide what its membership will be, but I can give the commitment that we will report to the House on any…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank my hon. Friend for her question. It is important that I am clear that this Government are committed to international law and to the accountability that that brings.14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI agree that accountability and justice are important in the middle east. We are strong supporters of international law and the role that that needs to play in relation to justice…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that point. It is important that we rise to that challenge and ensure that our Jewish communities feel safe, secure and part of who we are…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastThe work on decommissioning in Northern Ireland was really important, and that is the basis on which we have put forward our offer to stand ready with others to work on…14 Oct 2025