Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Austin of Dudley and Priti Patel

Wednesday 11th January 2017 Commons Chamber

[Ian Austin (Dudley North) (Lab)]

T5. Will the Secretary of State reconsider her Department’s decision to cut every single penny of spending on co-existence projects, which bring the Israelis and Palestinians together and lay the foundations for a peace process and two-state solution?

[Priti Patel]

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. He will have heard in the previous responses our commitment to co-existence programmes and how they will not just drive the right values, but help to bring the two communities together in a very constructive way—this is in addition to our focus on targeted spending on public schemes such as health and education programmes within the region.