Chris Law MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Gaza: WaterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the Israeli Government on increasing the flow of water to Gaza through the Mekorot water supply lines.
Answer: International Humanitarian Law provides for the protection of civilians and civilian objects, which includes water supply. Israel must take steps working with humanitarian agencies to fully restore water supplies and to significantly increase the flow of ...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the findings of the Oxfam report of 18 July 2024 entitled Water War Crimes, whether his Department plans to review Government legal advice on arms sales to
Answer: We have been clear that the government must uphold both our domestic and international legal obligations when it comes to arms exports as set out in the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. As soon as the Foreign Secretary took office he commissioned a re...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordOccupied Territories: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the financial cost to UK-funded aid programmes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as a result of having been destroyed or seized by Israeli
Answer: The FCDO does not routinely make estimates of this information over these timescales. We are aware, however, of a number of aid organisations based in Gaza whose operations have been curtailed or damaged by Israeli military action since 7 October, includi...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordOccupied Territories: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of UK-funded aid programmes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories that have been destroyed or seized by Israeli forces (a) si
Answer: The FCDO does not routinely make estimates of this information over these timescales. We are aware, however, of a number of aid organisations based in Gaza whose operations have been curtailed or damaged by Israeli military action since 7 October, includi...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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