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Lord Polak (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 3 September 2024

Debate

Middle East Update

Contribution

My Lords, I refer the House to my registered interests. In his Statement, the Foreign Secretary—using interesting English—said: “This Government are not an international court. We have not, and could not, arbitrate on whether or not Israel has breached international humanitarian law. This is a forward-looking evaluation”— whatever that means— “not a determination of innocence or guilt”. I am not a lawyer—there are many eminent lawyers in this House—but, as a result of “Perhaps/maybe Israel is doing this”, the Government have made decisions on stopping these licences. Could the Minister explain how they can make that decision based on “perhaps/maybe”?

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