Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps he is taking at the UN to increase the supply of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

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 passing of UN Security Council Resolution 2728 on 25 March reflected international consensus behind this position.

We continue to use public and private diplomatic channels as well as the UN and other multilateral fora to underline the need to get more aid into Gaza. Ambassador Woodward made this clear in her statement to the UN Security Council on 18 April, when she urgently called for the full implementation of UN resolution 2720 to protect civilians and enable humanitarian assistance.