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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) Currently, we are not considering establishing a separate route for Palestinians. - Speech Link
2: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) lost and support the families’ campaign for a Hillsborough law.We strongly condemn Iran’s attack on Israel - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Iran and Israel - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord True (Con - Life peer) Israelis and Palestinians alike deserve to live in peace, dignity and security, and so do people across - Speech Link
2: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) Secondly, Israel acted with strength and courage. - Speech Link
3: Lord True (Con - Life peer) ceasefire, the release of hostages by Hamas—something it refuses to do—and increased humanitarian aid to Palestinians - Speech Link
4: Lord Moore of Etchingham (Non-affiliated - Life peer) to restrain itself, when Israel is not the problem. - Speech Link

MP Financial Interest
Flick Drummond (Conservative - Meon Valley)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: (1) Medical Aid for Palestinians (2) Amnesty UK
Address of donor: (1) 33a Islington Park Street, London N1 1QB (2) The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights, accommodation, food and transport, value £640.18 (2) Flights, accommodation, food and transport, value £960.28
Destination of visit: Palestine and Israel
Dates of visit: 28 May 2023 to 1 June 2023
Purpose of visit: Fact-finding visit organised by the Council for Arab-British Understanding, Amnesty International UK section and Medical Aid for Palestinians.
(Registered 9 June 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Fleur Anderson (Labour - Putney)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Medical Aid for Palestinians
Address of donor: 33A Islington park Street, London N1 1QB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, food and transport, value £1,695
Destination of visit: Palestine (Occupied Palestinian Territory) and Israel
Dates of visit: 25 September 2023 to 29 September 2023
Purpose of visit: Fact finding visit organised by the Council for Arab-British Understanding and Medical Aid for Palestinians.
(Registered 4 October 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: (1) Medical Aid for Palestinians (2) Amnesty International UK
Address of donor: (1) 33a Islington Park Street, London N1 1QB (2) 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights, accommodation, food and transport, value £640.18 (2) Flights, accommodation, food and transport, value £960.28
Destination of visit: Israel (and Occupied Palestinian Territory)
Dates of visit: 28 May 2023 to 1 June 2023
Purpose of visit: Fact-finding visit organised by the Council for Arab-British Understanding, Amnesty International UK section and Medical Aid for Palestinians.
(Registered 14 June 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
8. Miscellaneous
Member of the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP)’s Advisory Board. The ICJP’s principal objective is to coordinate and support legal work which supports the rights of Palestinians in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the wider diaspora. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 3 June 2021
(Registered 16 June 2021)
MP Financial Interest
Stephen Morgan (Labour - Portsmouth South)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Medical Aid for Palestine
Address of donor: 33A Islington Park Street, London N1 1QB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, transport and food, value £1,695
Destination of visit: Palestine and Israel (Occupied Palestinian Territory)
Dates of visit: 25 September 2023 to 29 September 2023
Purpose of visit: Fact finding visit organised by the Council for Arab-British Understanding and Medical Aid for Palestinians.
(Registered 11 October 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Kate Osamor (Independent - Edmonton)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Medical Aid for Palestine
Address of donor: 33A Islington Park Street, London N1 1QB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, food and transport., value £1,695
Destination of visit: Palestine (Occupied Palestinian Territory) and Israel
Dates of visit: 25 September 2023 to 29 September 2023
Purpose of visit: Fact finding visit organised by the Council for Arab-British Understanding and Medical Aid for Palestinians.
(Registered 1 November 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Anum Qaisar (Scottish National Party - Airdrie and Shotts)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: (1) Medical Aid for Palestinians (2) Amnesty UK
Address of donor: (1) 33a Islington Park Street, London N1 1QB (2) 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights, accommodation, food and transport, value £640.18 (2) Flights, accommodation, food and transport, value £960.28
Destination of visit: Palestine (Occupied Palestinian Territory) and Israel
Dates of visit: 28 May 2023 to 1 June 2023
Purpose of visit: Fact-finding visit organised by the Council for Arab-British Understanding, Amnesty International UK section and Medical Aid for Palestinians.
(Registered 7 June 2023)
Written Question
Israel: Palestinians
Monday 15th April 2024

Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 entitled Anatomy of a Genocide, published on 25 March 2024, A/HRC/55/73.

Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)

Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas in line with International Humanitarian Law, as we have said from the outset. Our view is that Israel's actions in Gaza cannot be described as a genocide, but we also remain clear that formal determination of genocide should be based upon the final judgment of a competent court.

There must be a reduction in civilian casualties. All parties must act within International Humanitarian Law. We want to see Israel take greater care to limit its operations to military targets and avoid harming civilians and destroying homes.