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Gaza Flotilla

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

510 c437-54 

Session

2010-12

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c437-9 (Link to this contribution) With permission, I will report to the House on the events surrounding the interception of boats in t...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c441-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the shadow Foreign Secretary for his broad support for what is clearly a bipartisan...

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David Miliband | 510 c439-41 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Foreign Secretary for his statement, and for advance sight of it. I said in th...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 510 c442 (Link to this contribution) It is easy to be condemnatory of Israel and to argue for the raising of the blockade, but we must as...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c442 (Link to this contribution) I always listen to my right hon. and learned Friend—I think I can now call him that, given that we a...

Gerald Kaufman | 510 c443 (Link to this contribution) In welcoming the tone of the Foreign Secretary's statement and his condemnation of the loss of innoc...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c443 (Link to this contribution) Yes, it is very important that Israel responds to the call from across the whole world, to which we ...

Speaker | 510 c443 (Link to this contribution) Order. Another 29 right hon. and hon. Members are seeking to catch my eye, and the debate to follow ...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c445 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very powerful point, although we will be doing very well in the world if we c...

Jeremy Corbyn | 510 c445 (Link to this contribution) In the past 18 months, Israel has killed 1,400 people during Operation Cast Lead. It has also carrie...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c445 (Link to this contribution) Israel will be listening to the condemnation in this House, including from the hon. Gentleman. There...

Julian Brazier | 510 c445-6 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, but does he agree that the effect of the brutal Israeli ...

Sammy Wilson | 510 c445 (Link to this contribution) I note the Foreign Secretary's demand for free and unfettered access to Gaza but, in the absence of ...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c445 (Link to this contribution) That is why I have referred to the international work that needs to take place to try to give assura...

Anne Main | 510 c445 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend use his good offices to ask Israel to desist from using selective footage ...

David Winnick | 510 c446 (Link to this contribution) Is it at all possible that the Israelis are aware of the worldwide revulsion at what has happened th...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c446 (Link to this contribution) Yes, and my hon. Friend makes a very powerful point. What in effect happens is that Hamas is able to...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c446 (Link to this contribution) I would not necessarily reach the conclusion that there is no awareness or concern about internation...

Jo Swinson | 510 c444 (Link to this contribution) My constituent Hasan Nowarah was injured when the flotilla came under attack, although he is now, th...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c444 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I very much take that point. The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,...

Yasmin Qureshi | 510 c444 (Link to this contribution) Bearing in mind that the ship was a peace ship in international waters, is not attacking such a ship...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c444 (Link to this contribution) One has to agree that to board a ship in international waters can legally happen only in the most ex...

John Stanley | 510 c443 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware that those of us who were able to enter Gaza in the aftermath of the l...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c443 (Link to this contribution) Hopefully, I covered that point in my statement. I referred to the actions that have been taken by I...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c444-5 (Link to this contribution) The argument that I make is that, whatever the arguments about the blockade's legality, it is unwise...

Lord Soames of Fletching | 510 c444 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome the clear but restrained way in which the Foreign Secretary dealt with this very diffi...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c444 (Link to this contribution) Of course Israel has legitimate security needs. That is why I stressed in my statement the role and ...

Louise Ellman | 510 c444 (Link to this contribution) This is a dreadful and deplorable tragedy, but will the Foreign Secretary tell us what urgent steps ...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c448 (Link to this contribution) Again, the right hon. Lady illustrates the strength of feeling in the House. I have not immediately ...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 510 c448 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend has made it quite clear this afternoon that he thinks that the blockade is coun...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c449 (Link to this contribution) It is a very important part of any middle east peace settlement, and my hon. Friend's question remin...

Richard Burden | 510 c449 (Link to this contribution) Is it not clear that Israel believes that it has done absolutely nothing wrong when it sends armed c...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c449 (Link to this contribution) We will see whether Israel thinks, in the end, that it has done nothing wrong. The Israeli Cabinet i...

Andrew Murrison | 510 c449 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is a little rich for the Israeli Government to justify their...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c449 (Link to this contribution) Again, my hon. Friend adds to a strength of feeling and to points made that will be widely noticed a...

Anas Sarwar | 510 c449 (Link to this contribution) The Foreign Secretary has quite rightly said that we need a credible and independent inquiry. This w...

Ann Clwyd | 510 c448 (Link to this contribution) I think that we have pussy-footed around Israel for long enough. The only language that it understan...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c449-50 (Link to this contribution) We shall see about that. The hon. Gentleman may be right in the end, but, in answering his right hon...

Caroline Lucas | 510 c446 (Link to this contribution) The Foreign Secretary will know that the terrible siege of Gaza has been ongoing now for three years...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c447 (Link to this contribution) I do not think Israel will be in any doubt about the seriousness of the message. The fact that a Sec...

Robert Halfon | 510 c446 (Link to this contribution) Will the Foreign Secretary acknowledge that there has been up to 1 million tonnes of aid from Israel...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c446 (Link to this contribution) It is very important to remember the role played by Hamas. It is important to remind people all the ...

Frank Dobson | 510 c447 (Link to this contribution) Will the Foreign Secretary not accept that what he said today really amounts to saying that the Unit...

Robert Walter | 510 c447 (Link to this contribution) The flotilla, which was probably doomed to fail, was an expression of the frustration of ordinary pe...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c447 (Link to this contribution) There is a real international focus on these matters now, and that is true in the United States. I w...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c448 (Link to this contribution) The position that we have taken does not exclude those things, but they are quite difficult things t...

William Cash | 510 c448 (Link to this contribution) Given the importance of the investigation that the Foreign Secretary referred to, does he not also b...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c453 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman puts his finger on what is required. There have been previous attempts at various...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c454 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman—I never thought I would say those words, but I am. I hope ...

Denis MacShane | 510 c454 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Speaker. I welcome the robust condemnations and statements from the Foreign Secretary ...

Speaker | 510 c454 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to right hon. and hon. Members for their co-operation, as a result of which everyone w...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c453-4 (Link to this contribution) I think that there will be many more discussions in this House. I am not offering a timetable today,...

Valerie Vaz | 510 c453 (Link to this contribution) My constituents want more than pressure. Will the Foreign Secretary come back to the House and repor...

Speaker | 510 c454 (Link to this contribution) Last but not least, I call Mr Denis MacShane.

Philip Hollobone | 510 c450 (Link to this contribution) Behind Hamas lurks the spectre of both Syria and Iran. Were the Gaza blockade to be lifted at some p...

Meg Hillier | 510 c450 (Link to this contribution) I join my colleagues in condemning the actions of the Israeli Government. Two of my constituents, Sa...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c450 (Link to this contribution) Such assistance and such assurance is very important, and that is why we are now consulting other na...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c450 (Link to this contribution) Yes. In fact, my hon. Friend is already working on plans to meet such a group when they have returne...

Barry Gardiner | 510 c451 (Link to this contribution) The unauthorised boarding of a vessel in international waters by armed combatants is normally referr...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c450-1 (Link to this contribution) Yes, that is very important. It is important that the proximity talks turn into something much more ...

Angus Robertson | 510 c451 (Link to this contribution) This afternoon, the Secretary of State appears to have ruled out a number of options for dealing wit...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c451 (Link to this contribution) The blunt Yorkshireman has been converted into a Foreign Secretary who weighs his words carefully, d...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c451 (Link to this contribution) I am not conscious of ruling anything out, and I am not ruling anything out. But again I must stress...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c452 (Link to this contribution) Since we have called for an investigation, I do not think that we can pre-empt such matters. I stres...

Geraint Davies | 510 c452 (Link to this contribution) As the Foreign Secretary mentioned, under Israeli law aid workers may face charges. Should not the k...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c451-2 (Link to this contribution) Testy conversations with Mr Lieberman are part of what we need to do. I have explained our overall a...

Andy Slaughter | 510 c451 (Link to this contribution) As someone who has been to Gaza twice since Operation Cast Lead, I ask the Foreign Secretary to exem...

Speaker | 510 c453 (Link to this contribution) There were three questions, but one answer will suffice.

Stephen Pound | 510 c452 (Link to this contribution) It is an unusual and impressive sight to see a Yorkshireman linguistically restrained, but I thank t...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c452 (Link to this contribution) I cannot guarantee to the hon. Gentleman what the course of events will now be. I can say, slightly ...

Tony Lloyd | 510 c452 (Link to this contribution) The Foreign Secretary has rightly referred to the strength of feeling in this House, and, indeed, al...

David Cairns | 510 c453 (Link to this contribution) Is it not the case that resolution 1860, as well as calling for an end to the blockade, acknowledges...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c453 (Link to this contribution) Yes, it is very important that this is monitored, and I certainly welcome other opportunities for th...

Lord Hague of Richmond | 510 c447-8 (Link to this contribution) I understand, in every case in which right hon. and hon. Members express their outrage at what has h...

Andrew Gwynne | 510 c450 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Foreign Secretary's statement, in particular the call for an international and imparti...

Subjects

Detainees Death Deportation Closures Borders International assistance Humanitarian aid Transport Shipping Sanctions Israel Palestine Gaza Hamas

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