Oral Answers to Questions

Vicky Foxcroft Excerpts

Tuesday 24th October 2023 Commons Chamber

[Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith) (SNP)]

5. What steps his Department is taking to support the monitoring of potential human rights abuses in (a) Israel and (b) the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

[Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford) (Lab)]

6. What diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure access to Gaza by humanitarian organisations.

[Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab)]

9. What diplomatic steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help open humanitarian corridors in Gaza.

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[Mr Mitchell]

By drawing all parties’ attention to the international rules of war.

[Vicky Foxcroft]

At a vigil outside Parliament this morning, the names of some of the more than 2,000 children killed so far in Gaza were read out. Children in Gaza have begun writing their names on their hands so that they can be identified and buried with their families when they are killed. What action are the Government taking to prevent more children being harmed in Israel’s military action and to ensure a rapid end to this conflict?

[Mr Mitchell]

The Prime Minister set out yesterday very clearly what our policy is. We are doing everything we can to protect children. British aid is already making a difference by supporting the international relief effort, which is going in through Rafah.