Report Mar. 01 2024
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)Found: Second Report - Humanitarian situation in Gaza HC 110 Report
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that 700 people have died of hunger over a two-month period in the camp for internally displaced people at Shire, Western Tigray.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We are aware of the reports of widespread hunger and other challenging circumstances people face in camps in Tigray. We do not currently have further information on the specific reports of deaths in the Shire camp. Humanitarian partners in Ethiopia are closely following the situation of vulnerable people across Ethiopia and investigating allegations of risk to life as a result of gaps in food assistance. We continue to provide humanitarian assistance to vulnerable people across Ethiopia, including in Tigray.
Mentions:
1: Baroness Northover (LD - Life peer) The humanitarian situation is catastrophic, and tensions are escalating globally, as well as in our own - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Where were the blue helmets as 600,000 were killed in Tigray while the world looked away? - Speech Link
3: Lord Robathan (Con - Life peer) It is a dreadful, possibly intractable situation. - Speech Link
Asked by: Lyn Brown (Labour - West Ham)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has received on (a) the humanitarian situation in Western Tigray, (b) reports of ethnic cleansing and forced displacements of Tigrayan people in that region and( c) responsibility for that alleged ethnic cleansing.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The UK continues to ensure improved awareness of and response to the large-scale and country wide humanitarian needs. In particular the UK is monitoring upcoming climate outlooks and support planning for likely below average rains from June - September as well as El Nino conditions from June. The UK noted the report published by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International in 2022 detailing widespread human rights violations and abuses committed by all parties to the conflict. The UK is committed to human rights being respected and those responsible for human rights abuses and violations being held to account. We continue to support the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia. We are providing £4.5 million to help build the capacity of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission through the UK's Human Rights and Peacebuilding programme.
Mentions:
1: Baroness Blackstone (Lab - Life peer) There is an overwhelming humanitarian case for generosity. - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) recommendation 7 of the Truro report and genocide and, in the light of what we have seen in Sudan, Tigray - Speech Link
3: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) Yet no country in the rich world is acting with anything like the urgency the situation demands. - Speech Link
4: Earl of Sandwich (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I will come back to that.The situation in north Africa and the Sahel has become more chaotic. - Speech Link
5: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) We are now in a situation where it is very hard to believe the Government when they say that they are - Speech Link
Written Evidence Jan. 23 2024
Inquiry: The UK Government’s work on achieving SDG2: Zero HungerFound: Holloway, University of London Summary This short document highlights that 1. global food security situation
Report Apr. 04 2024
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)Found: Delivering inclusive humanitarian action vii.
Mentions:
1: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) issue.Similar speech is reported to have greatly contributed to the violence and potential genocide in Tigray - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) She was right to highlight not only the situation of the Uyghur Muslims in China, which we often hear - Speech Link
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024Found: implementation of the cessation of hostilities agreement between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray
Found: Situation and Children’s Rights Motion t hat this House has considered the humanitarian situation