Afzal Khan

Afzal Khan

Labour — Manchester Rusholme

Speaking in the House of Commons on 10 September 2025

Debate

Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian Access

Contribution

My hon. Friend is making a powerful case about the catalogue of atrocities being committed. In July, the Prime Minister announced that “the UK will recognise the state of Palestine by the United Nations General Assembly in September unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza”. Those steps have not been taken, and the situation has got worse; we saw what happened yesterday in Qatar. Does she agree that the UK must now recognise a Palestinian state as part of a broader push for peace and urgent humanitarian relief?

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