Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Philip Hollobone Excerpts
Wednesday 1st May 2019

(5 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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I am happy to echo it. The UK did sign and endorse that statement at the United Nations Security Council, and, as a friend of Israel, we continue to make it clear that a strong, vibrant civil society is in its own interest.

Philip Hollobone Portrait Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
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Hamas recently launched a crackdown on dissent against its regime in the Gaza strip. How can we ensure that the human rights of human rights defenders in Gaza are protected?

Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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Both my Department and, in particular, the Foreign Office do a tremendous amount of work to support human rights defenders. At the recent Bonn conference, DFID published a paper on how we can support civil society and the governance that surrounds it.