Palestine: Children

(asked on 8th July 2026) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's press release entitled Foreign Secretary announces support for Gaza with new child medical evacuations and assistance to Palestinians going to top UK universities, published on 24 June 2026, what discussions have taken place with the Department of Health and Social Care on NHS capacity to receive medically evacuated children.


Answered by
Hamish Falconer Portrait
Hamish Falconer
Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 15th July 2026

I refer the Hon Member to the press release cited in his questions, and the extensive debates, statements and announcements that have taken place on medical evacuations and humanitarian programmes over the last year.

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