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Andy Slaughter

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Tuesday 30th April 2024

(6 months, 4 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Mitchell
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My right hon. Friend, who knows a great deal about this matter, speaks with considerable authority on it. I have no doubt that his voice will be heard in both the Foreign Office and the Home Office.

Andy Slaughter Portrait Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab)
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Spain, Norway and Ireland are ready jointly to recognise Palestine as a state within weeks. Four other European countries look likely to follow suit, and France recently voted to admit Palestine as a full member of the UN. Is it not time that the UK Government joined their European partners in recognising Palestine?

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As we have made clear, recognition of a Palestinian state cannot come at the beginning of the process, but it does not have to come at the end.

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