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Martin Horwood

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Birmingham Schools
Tuesday 22nd July 2014

(9 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tobias Ellwood Portrait Mr Ellwood
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My hon. Friend rightly points out that Israel has put forward its interest in a ceasefire, and that remains today. We call upon Hamas to join the ranks in Egypt to discuss not just the ceasefire but long-term peace prospects for the area.

Martin Horwood Portrait Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD)
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Respectable democracies should not meet unacceptable attacks with unacceptable and disproportionate responses, including the bombing of mosques and hospitals, and the deaths of hundreds of civilians. Is the Secretary of State today raising with other European Governments the EU-Israel association agreement, which is supposed to be based on the shared values of respect for human rights, peace and stability?

Tobias Ellwood Portrait Mr Ellwood
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I will not pre-empt what the Secretary of State will announce at his meeting. I know that his primary objective is to join all the parties and call for an immediate ceasefire.

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