Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to enable Palestinians from Gaza to be reunited with their family members in the UK.

Palestinian nationals who wish to come to the UK and do not have a current UK visa can apply under one of the existing visa routes available.

The routes available for families to reunite will depend on the status of the sponsor. Options available may include appendix family reunion, appendix family migration - where the sponsor is a British national or has indefinite leave, and can also include dependents of those with most work or certain postgraduate study visas.

Any application for a UK visa will be assessed against the requirements of the Immigration Rules.

It is the decision of the Israeli authorities as to who can leave Gaza.