Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: Syria and Lebanon are, but then you have Israel-Palestine, which particularly now we are dealing with
Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Palestinians that provides a credible and irreversible pathway towards a two-state solution of Israel and Palestine - Speech Link
2: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) which must be supported internationally, alongside the need for a two-state solution with Israel and Palestine - Speech Link
3: Ronnie Cowan (SNP - Inverclyde) Surely only an immediate permanent ceasefire will afford the people of Palestine the opportunity to lift - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) He will know that it is a central aim of Government policy to ensure that both Israel and Palestine can - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) Palestinians that provides a credible and irreversible pathway towards a two-state solution of Israel and Palestine - Speech Link
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: The UK has long called for an immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire, as the fastest way to get hostages out and aid in: UK statement at the UN Security CouncilFound: horizon which provides a credible and irreversible pathway towards a two-state solution of Israel and Palestine
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: The Khan Review: Threats to Social Cohesion and Democratic ResilienceFound: This was attributed to be the result of an escalation in violence in Israel and Palestine during that
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: The Khan Review: Threats to Social Cohesion and Democratic ResilienceFound: their highest annual figure to date, which they attribute to the escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: The Khan Review: Threats to Social Cohesion and Democratic ResilienceFound: international events feed polarisation and division on our streets with the recent conflict in Israel ‑Palestine
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what funds his Department contributed to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The UK provided the following funding to UNRWA in each of the last five financial years:
FY 2019 - 20: £65.5 million
FY 2020 - 21: £65 million
FY 2021 - 22: £11 million
FY 2022 - 23: £18.7 million
FY 2023 - 24: £35 million
The UK provided £35 million to UNRWA this financial year, including an uplift of £16 million for the Gaza humanitarian response, all of which was disbursed before the recent allegations came to light. No more British funding is due this financial year. We are pausing any future funding of UNRWA.
Mentions:
1: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) major and emerging foreign policy crises, the vast majority—from Ukraine, Sudan, Syria, Israel and Palestine - Speech Link
2: Lord Polak (Con - Life peer) The first is, “Jewish Boy mistreated by pro-Palestine nurses on NHS hospital ward in Manchester”. - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) All noble Lords have expressed views on the importance of the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) or put into abeyance, their investment and funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Palestine - Speech Link