Ministerial statement on Monday, 14 July 2014, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Warsi.

Gaza

Lords statement on Gaza.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 755 cc434-444
Session: 2014-15
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Warsi | 755 cc434-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, with the leave of the House I shall repeat the Foreign Secretary’s Statement made earli...; Lord Bach | 755 cc437-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement of her right honourable friend the For...; Baroness Warsi | 755 cc438-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his support at what is an incredibly difficult time. He spea...; Baroness Morris of Bolton | 755 c439 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interests as president of Medical Aid for Palestinians and the Prime Minis...; Baroness Warsi | 755 c439 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my noble friend for that update. She comes to these matters with great expertise and unde...; Lord Pannick | 755 c440 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for all the work she and the Foreign Secretary are doing to seek to alleviat...; Baroness Warsi | 755 c440 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I agree that the actions of Hamas in no way add towards bringing this matter to an end....; Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 755 c440 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the question I ask may be provocative to some, as I take a diametrically different view...; 755 c440 (Link to this contribution)
Question!; Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 755 c441 (Link to this contribution)
The question will come soon. Does she not agree that the constant, tenacious determination of Isr...; Baroness Warsi | 755 c441 (Link to this contribution)
I suppose the issue that I take with my noble friend is this: it is important we do not draw para...; Lord Ahmed | 755 c441 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister mentioned that 80% of those killed have been civilians and that a third of...; Baroness Warsi | 755 c441 (Link to this contribution)
I concur with the noble Lord opposite who said that the life of a Palestinian child is worth no l...; Lord Kerr of Kinlochard | 755 c441 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. The Foreign Secretary was right to ta...; Baroness Warsi | 755 c442 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord is probably referring to what I said in response to my noble friend—that Israel is...; Lord Leigh of Hurley | 755 c442 (Link to this contribution)
Does my noble friend not agree that the tragedy of Gaza is that, following the Israeli withdrawal...; Baroness Warsi | 755 c442 (Link to this contribution)
My noble friend makes an important point. This is a matter that has border connotations. The disc...; Lord Mitchell | 755 c442 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we have had 2008, 2012 and 2014, and no doubt when this little incident finishes there ...; Baroness Warsi | 755 c442 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord will of course be aware that one of the challenges to the Middle East peace proces...; Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 755 c443 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I draw to the Minister’s attention the first two sentences of the editorial in today’s ...; Baroness Warsi | 755 c443 (Link to this contribution)
Of course, I cannot say what Hamas’s strategic objective is; I speak on behalf of Her Majesty’s G...; Lord Elystan-Morgan | 755 c443 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, does the noble Baroness accept that this is a time for recognition of certain realities...; Baroness Warsi | 755 c444 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord makes an important point. It would be almost impossible for us to predict what it ...; Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 755 c444 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Statement clearly says:
“International humanitarian law requires both sides t...; Baroness Warsi | 755 c444 (Link to this contribution)
I think I said at the beginning that it is important that those who exercise influence in relatio...; Baroness Meacher | 755 c444 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Statement recognises the grotesque—; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 755 c444 (Link to this contribution)
I am afraid that we are past 20 minutes and we are out of time.
Subjects: Armed conflict Humanitarian aid Israel Palestine Middle East Peace negotiations Gaza Ceasefires
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

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