Direction of Government

Debate between Andy Burnham and Zarah Sultana

Tuesday 1st September 2026 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I can absolutely give my hon. Friend that commitment.

[Zarah Sultana (Coventry South) (Your Party)]

The Prime Minister has reeled off a list of policies since coming into office. Interestingly, he has failed to mention one major intervention: his Government have continued his predecessor’s policy of arming Israel—an apartheid state that has committed and continues to commit genocide in Gaza. Instead of deflection and the boring nice-guy act, will he finally admit to the House that he has chosen to continue arming Israel and is therefore complicit in the genocide of the Palestinian people?

[The Prime Minister]

I do not think the hon. Lady was in the House at the time, but I did signal a change on Israel and Palestine when I came into office as Prime Minister. A further statement will be made to the House very shortly.