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Port Talbot Steelworks
Tuesday 30th April 2024

(7 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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I am pleased to tell my hon. Friend that I have visited Djibouti, without suffering the fate that I am so sorry he suffered. As he knows, we are taking up this matter with the authorities in Djibouti.

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Israel’s deliberate and wilful starvation of Gaza is a war crime, yet the Government deflect all questions on UNRWA funding by saying that it runs until the end of April. We are here—today is the last day of April. If the Government do not restore UNRWA funding, are they not aiding and abetting Israeli war crimes?

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I have made very clear the Government’s position on UNRWA. We are in a process, and after it has been completed I will report to the House.

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