Gaza: Humanitarian Situation

Tony Lloyd Excerpts
Monday 4th December 2023

(11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Leo Docherty Portrait Leo Docherty
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We are continuing to shape the outcome, and for us the most pragmatic and useful outcome at the moment is a further humanitarian pause, which we are arguing for strongly.

Tony Lloyd Portrait Tony Lloyd (Rochdale) (Lab)
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If every humanitarian pause is simply a prelude to the further bombing of Gaza by Israel, what will be left other than a refugee camp and a wasteland, and who does the Minister think will govern that?

Leo Docherty Portrait Leo Docherty
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The hon. Member makes a good point. Of course, every civilian death is a tragedy, and the House is painfully aware of the human cost of the unfolding tragedy. As I said, aside from military operations, the political future and the way that Palestinians represent themselves is a question for Palestinians.