Gaza: UN Human Rights Council Vote

Clive Efford Excerpts
Monday 21st May 2018

(6 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Clive Efford Portrait Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab)
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When the Government came to the conclusion that they could not support the resolution, what efforts were made to try to bring together a resolution that everyone could support, so that there could be a fully independent inquiry?

Alistair Burt Portrait Alistair Burt
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The hon. Gentleman asks a good question. Before any of these resolutions come together, there is a great deal of contact between member states to try to find a way to broker an appropriate resolution. It normally works on the basis of someone putting forward a draft and other parties coming forward with suggestions, but if there cannot be an agreement, something then gets tabled on which people have to vote.