Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to improve the availability of food in Gaza.

The UK supports UN agencies and International NGOs get aid and goods into Gaza through our support to the UN Access Co-ordination Unit. We also help vulnerable families to buy the food and basic items they need through support to the World Food Programme in Gaza. Ultimately, however, the availability of food will only change in a sustainable way through the easing of Israeli movement and access restrictions on Gaza. We continue to press the Government of Israel, in close coordination with our EU partners, to ease these restrictions.