Question for short debate on Monday, 13 October 2008, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Dykes. The answering member was Lord Malloch-Brown.

EU: Gaza and the West Bank

Lords question for short debate on whether they will hold discussions with the European Union presidency and Commission to seek new initiatives to assist with the crisis in Gaza and the West Bank.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 704 c558-73
Session: 2007-08
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2008-2798
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Dykes | 704 c558-61 (Link to this contribution) asked Her Majesty’s Government whether they will hold discussions with the European Union presidency...; Lord Judd | 704 c561-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that the whole House appreciates the consistent way in which the noble Lord, Lor...; Lord Trimble | 704 c562-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I too, welcome the fact that we have another debate on this issue. I must confess that I b...; Baroness Tonge | 704 c563-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I first express my disgust that this House spent three and a half hours discussing one ame...; Lord Luce | 704 c564-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, land is at the heart of the intractable dispute to which the noble Lord, Lord Dykes, has r...; Lord Anderson of Swansea | 704 c565-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Dykes, and agree with him that there must be movement ...; Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 704 c566-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall only make three points in this necessarily short but timely debate. First, it must...; Lord Dykes | 704 c572 (Link to this contribution) Is not the sad reality that these are exactly the same things as the Minister was outlining last Jan...; Lord Malloch-Brown | 704 c572-3 (Link to this contribution) I understand the noble Lord’s impatience, but every example that I have recently given are events th...; Baroness Rawlings | 704 c569-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Dykes, for initiating this debate. We should not simply...; Lord Malloch-Brown | 704 c570-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Dykes, for initiating this debate. I reassure him and other n...; Lord Hylton | 704 c568 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with diplomatic friends I visited Jerusalem, Gaza and Nablus last July. Nablus was, and I ...; Lord Lee of Trafford | 704 c568-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are debating tonight a very sad and complex problem. I have always believed that the bi...; Lord Cope of Berkeley | 704 c567-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, just over three months have passed since our previous similar debate—three months of relen...
Subjects: Administration of justice Construction Housing International assistance EU common foreign and security policy Police Security Israel Palestine West Bank Middle East Peace negotiations EU external relations Gaza Ceasefires
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EU: Gaza and the West Bank

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