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Cat Eccles Excerpts

Monday 21st July 2025 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Judith Cummins)]

I call Cat Eccles.

[Cat Eccles (Stourbridge) (Lab)]

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—[Interruption.]

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

Order—Cat Eccles.

[Cat Eccles]

The people of Gaza are being starved to death despite UNRWA having enough supplies to feed the population for three months. It is not a matter of logistics; it is sheer cruelty. GHF ration centres are purposely located in the south in militarised zones with sporadic opening hours and sudden closures, leaving people with no option but to make that long journey on foot and wait many hours on the off-chance that supplies may become available—or they may be killed while trying. This is not just a genocide; it is now ethnic cleansing. When Israel’s Government are ignoring calls from 31 countries, what further action can we take?

[Mr Lammy]

As my hon. Friend has heard, what we are seeing is inhumane, it is deadly and it is depriving Gazans of human dignity. As she would expect, the Government, working with our partners, keep everything under further consideration.