Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2024 to Question 15325 on Gaza: Internally Displaced People, whether he plans to seek guarantees from his Israeli counterparts on the right to return of Palestinians displaced from their homes in Gaza.

We have been clear that we need Israel to ensure effective systems to guarantee the safety of aid convoys, humanitarian operations and indeed IDP returns.

We are calling for an immediate pause to get aid in and hostages out, then progress towards a sustainable, permanent ceasefire, without a return to destruction, fighting and loss of life. The Government continues to press these points, most recently when the Prime Minster spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu on 15 February.