Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories Debate
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Helen Maguire
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Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
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Mr Falconer
I do not think I have very much to add on our approach to the conference next week.
Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell) (LD)
It is vital that we get a clear and accurate picture of what exactly is happening on the ground. That is absolutely essential to ensure transparency. What are this Government doing to progress access for journalists into Gaza?
Mr Falconer
That is a vital question. The hon. Lady knows that journalists and most aid workers are not able to operate in Gaza, which provides considerable uncertainty about the events happening there. We are calling both for journalistic access and the access of aid workers and, vitally, for those people to be protected. More aid workers and many more journalists have been killed than anyone in this House could accept. We want people to be able to go in to deliver aid, to report freely and to be protected through deconfliction mechanisms.