Debates between Grahame Morris and Jim Hood during the 2010-2015 Parliament

Wed 25th Feb 2015

Gaza

Debate between Grahame Morris and Jim Hood
Wednesday 25th February 2015

(9 years, 9 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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Grahame Morris Portrait Grahame M. Morris (Easington) (Lab)
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I did not really want to intervene, but I must quickly challenge my hon. Friend on a number of issues. I listened to a Palestinian last night in the room adjacent who was denied access to the Gaza strip to visit his dying father, who was denied the opportunity to transfer from Gaza to a specialist hospital. Perhaps he died because of that. Is my hon. Friend seriously supporting the blockade, which predates Hamas’s control of Gaza, as a collective punishment? Surely all the United Nations agencies and charities—[Interruption.]

Jim Hood Portrait Mr Jim Hood (in the Chair)
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Order. The intervention is too long.