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date	02/02/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	UNRWA: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the pause of future funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on the provision of emergency shelter for internally displaced civilians in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	12833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK is appalled by allegations that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff were involved in the 7 October attack against Israel, a heinous act of terrorism that the UK Government has repeatedly condemned. <del class="ministerial">The UK's pause in any future funding of UNRWA will remain in place until we review the allegations, and we are looking to our partners in the UN to carry out a robust and comprehensive investigation. Further questions on the investigation are a matter for the UN.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are pausing any future funding of UNRWA while we review the concerning allegations. Gaza still stands. This support is helping people in Gaza get food, water, shelter and medicines. The UK is providing £60 million in humanitarian assistance to support partners including the British Red Cross, UNICEF, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Egyptian Red Crescent Society (ERCS) to respond to critical food, fuel, water, health, shelter and security needs in Gaza.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">However, we remain committed to getting humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza who desperately need it, and our decision to pause future funding to UNRWA has no impact on the UK's contribution to the humanitarian response. Our commitment to trebling aid to Gaza still stands, and we are getting on with aid delivery through funding multiple implementing partners including other UN agencies and international and UK NGOs. This support is helping people in Gaza get food, water, shelter and medicines. The UK is providing £60 million in humanitarian assistance to support partners including the British Red Cross, UNICEF, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Egyptian Red Crescent Society (ERCS) to respond to critical food, fuel, water, health, shelter and security needs in Gaza.</del></p><p>We are currently supporting NGOs and UN partners to deliver medical aid and care in the Gaza Strip. This includes support for primary healthcare, trauma and emergency care services, disease surveillance and outbreak response, and deployment of Emergency Medical Teams. <del class="ministerial">We are also exploring further options to help meet the medical needs of Palestinians.</del></p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 08/02/2024 17:14:20 question first ministerially corrected 12/02/2024 10:20:54 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty previous answer version 16666 answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1686440

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Gaza: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, which properties of UK charities in Gaza have been hit by Israeli military strikes.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	12440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the air strike that hit the residential compound housing the <del class="ministerial">International Red Cross</del> <ins class="ministerial">International Rescue Committee</ins> (IRC) and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) Emergency Medical Team (EMT). Israel has a right to defend itself against Hamas, but it must comply with International Humanitarian Law (IHL); including the protection of hospitals, civilians, and medical staff. We want to see Israel take greater care to limit its operations to military targets and avoid harming civilians.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 05/02/2024 17:39:15 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2024 16:27:15 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell previous answer version 15641 answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1685893

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Pacific Ocean Islands: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with Pacific island states on climate change adaptation.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	12037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are on the frontline of the climate emergency and Pacific Island leaders have made it clear that building climate resilience is their priority. UK support for climate adaptation sits at the heart of HMG ministerial engagement with Pacific Island counterparts. At COP28 we co-hosted the Third Climate Development Ministerial with Vanuatu. The Minister for the Indo-Pacific discussed climate change with a range of ministers at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in November 2023 and the former Foreign Secretary discussed it with the leaders and ministers he met during his visit to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in April 2023.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are on the frontline of climate change and Pacific Island leaders have made it clear that building climate resilience is their priority. UK support for climate adaptation sits at the heart of HMG ministerial engagement with Pacific Island counterparts. At COP28 we co-hosted the Third Climate Development Ministerial with Vanuatu. The Minister for the Indo-Pacific discussed climate change with a range of ministers at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in November 2023 and the former Foreign Secretary discussed it with the leaders and ministers he met during his visit to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in April 2023.</ins></p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 08/02/2024 11:31:18 question first ministerially corrected 08/02/2024 11:35:08 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan previous answer version 16404 answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy