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Global Security (Middle East)

Like other hon. Members, I consider the Committee's report a very good one. The situation in Gaza is desperate. As my hon. Friend the Member for Regent's Park and Kensington, North (Ms Buck) said, the humanitarian crisis is in effect holding to ransom the entire population of Gaza. Clearly, the situation breaches international law and order and basic standards of civilised and international behaviour. Obviously, Hamas should stop firing rockets into Israel, but such action does not justify the blockade. What does my hon. Friend think that the international community should do to put pressure on Israel to lift the blockade, and how should the UK Government contribute to that process?