Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Israeli government on the restriction of building materials entering Gaza.

​We remain deeply concerned by the situation in Gaza. I raised this with the Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister on 12 December and officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv also raised the situation with the Israeli authorities on 5 December. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv and our Consulate General in Jerusalem regularly raise the need to make progress towards a durable solution for Gaza, and press for practical steps to advance reconstruction and economic development with both the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority.