Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Mick Whitley (Labour), on Monday, 13 May 2024, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 29 members in total.

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Scrutiny of the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and arms exports to Israel

That this House expresses its deep concerns regarding the Israeli offensive on Rafah, which it believes will seriously worsen what is already one of the world’s worst man-made humanitarian crises; reiterates its calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire; further expresses its frustration at the Government’s continued refusal to suspend arms exports to Israel; echoes the warnings issued by Lady Hale and over six hundred distinguished members of the legal profession in their correspondence to the Prime Minister of 3 April 2024 that the provision of military assistance and material to Israel may render the UK complicit in genocide as well as in serious breaches of International Humanitarian Law; notes that, as a result of his not having a seat in the House of Commons, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs has been unable to participate in departmental questions in the House and that Members have been restricted in their ability to scrutinise his work and that of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, particularly in relation to arms licences to Israel; believes that the moral imperative of ending arms exports to Israel is now so great as to warrant the House taking exceptional measures; and therefore calls on the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs to work with the Speaker to make necessary preparations for the Secretary of State to answer questions on this and other matters from hon. Members from the Bar of the House of Commons as soon as possible.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

749 

Session

2023-24

Other sponsors

George Galloway

Jeremy Corbyn

Jonathan Edwards

Grahame Morris

Claudia Webbe

Subjects

Arms trade Exports Israel

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk