Gaza

Lord Clinton-Davis Excerpts

Monday 13th December 2010 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Verma]

My noble friend is right that education will be key to solving many of the difficulties that both these nations face. Of course, through our aid programme, that is exactly what we are trying to do to ensure that the infrastructure projects are able to work as normally as possible under the very difficult circumstances in which we find ourselves.

[Lord Clinton-Davis]

My Lords, apart from the point raised by my noble friend, how is Hamas reacting to the present situation? In the Government’s view, is it helpful or unhelpful?

[Baroness Verma]

My Lords, we have no dialogue with Hamas.