Debates between Cat Smith and Mark Hendrick during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Israel and Palestine

Debate between Cat Smith and Mark Hendrick
Monday 11th December 2023

(1 year ago)

Westminster Hall
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Cat Smith Portrait Cat Smith
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I share the—

Mark Hendrick Portrait Sir Mark Hendrick (in the Chair)
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Order. As I said before, this is quite a long debate, but that being said we have a lot of people here. Can we keep interventions brief? Thank you.

Cat Smith Portrait Cat Smith
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Thank you, Sir Mark, and I hope, as my hon. Friend the Member for Stretford and Urmston (Andrew Western) does, that the Minister can respond with more details of the commitments the Government are planning to make in order to work with the international community to bring about that lasting peace.

I say that because we must look to the future and any solution to this conflict must be a solution that respects the human rights of both Israelis and Palestinians, and establishes a statehood solution that includes ending the intolerable settlements in the west bank.