Oral Answers to Questions

Linda Riordan Excerpts
Tuesday 19th June 2012

(12 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I am keen to accommodate colleagues. The evidence so far is that we have time for the questions but not always for the answers. We need short questions and short answers.

Linda Riordan Portrait Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax) (Lab/Co-op)
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T5. Is the Minister aware that following the blockade of Gaza, the Gazans suffer an acute shortage of drinking water, with 90% of the water being contaminated and 90 million litres of untreated or partially treated sewage being dumped in the sea every day? Will he now tell the Israelis that this is a cruel and illegal way to treat Gazans?