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HANSARDMiddle EastI thank my hon. Friend for touching on this point. One of the great tragedies of what happened on 7 October was that that cross-community work—particularly involving the next…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI agree that we need to take this moment to work to bring all our communities together. I was genuinely saddened to see some of the protests taking place in Whitehall on the very…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastThe immediate focus is obviously on following through on the agreement, with the practical next steps; I do think that is of first importance. I reiterate again our commitment to…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI join the right hon. Gentleman in noting the feeling of trepidation, because I think that across the country we can all feel the trepidation and fear following the terrible…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI agree with my hon. Friend. We must provide the security needed at all our places of worship. I know that across the House, people will be saddened and concerned to know that…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI acknowledge my hon. Friend’s championing work on this issue, and I agree with her that we must now all work towards a viable Palestinian state alongside a safe and secure Israel…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank the hon. Lady for raising that individual case. I offer to provide her with further information on it as soon as we can.14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I agree that flooding aid is the essential next step, and I took the opportunity to have a discussion with Tom Fletcher yesterday about…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI agree with the right hon. Gentleman that aid is the immediate issue, and I agree that the media absolutely need to be allowed in to document what has to be seen. On a two-state…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank my hon. Friend for raising that issue. There are concerning reports of what gangs are getting up to. The immediate next steps need to be, on the one hand, getting aid into…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastFirst, I acknowledge the role that the right hon. Gentleman played in office just before the election, what he personally brought to the table in relation to this issue, and the…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI do acknowledge the important role that the National Security Adviser played. It was a typical UK role: quiet, behind-the-scenes and diplomatic, but bringing about really helpful…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question, and I will take each of the three parts in turn. Certainly, on the west bank, we have taken action, as he knows, and we will…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank my right hon. Friend for his words in relation to Alaa Abd el-Fattah and for his long campaign to raise that important issue. On the two doctors, what I can say is that…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank the right hon. Gentleman for the content and tone of his response. On his questions, we are working with others on getting aid into Gaza. Until recently that had been…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastThat sounds like the old Tory party I used to know, and I am really pleased to hear it. In a sense, it is only by uniting across this House in the face of a conflict that has gone…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank my hon. Friend for her hard work over many years on this issue and for raising the question of aid. The critical test of the next few days and weeks will be whether that…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastMay I thank the Leader of the Opposition for her words about the hostages a moment ago? I know how heartfelt they are. I was surprised and saddened that she spent more time…14 Oct 2025HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Everyone in this House knows what an honour it is to represent our country, but for most of us that appreciation comes from the rather…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastBefore I update the House on the peace process in the middle east and my trade visit to India, I want to put on record my utter condemnation of the vile antisemitic terrorist…14 Oct 2025