Rachael Maskell

Of course. Journalists are the eyes of the world, and they open all our eyes to the suffering and the scale of what is happening. We need to ensure their safety and security, as well as the free access that my hon. Friend calls for. I understand that 16,500 people are currently registered for medical evacuation, with many more yet to make the list. Those long lists are posing serious risk to life. The UK has evacuated 51 children, plus family members, for medical treatment, yet the need for lifesaving interventions is overwhelming. How will this Government ensure that that need is addressed proportionately? We can do more, and we must do more. Médecins Sans Frontières rightly highlights that priority should be given not just by age, but by medical emergency. Are we ensuring that patients are properly triaged and that we are taking those most in need? I also believe that we could do a lot more to scale in the region. I trust that the Minister can set out exactly what is happening to ensure that people can cross the border and receive the healthcare they need, as well as to allow the aid to flow—it cannot be impeded at the border any longer, whatever that requirement is. Beyond that, I would like the Government to consider how we can assist in the training of medical and other health professionals from Gaza. Our medical, nursing and allied health professional schools are first class. With all the universities in Gaza decimated, there is a clear need to ensure that the Palestinian healthcare workers of the future are given the right training and the opportunity, alongside those currently practising, for remote supervision and interventions to support them. How can we further help support those programmes? Are we doing everything we can to ensure that vaccination programmes are in place, particularly given the significant risk of disease? The trauma is unimaginable and enduring. We need to ensure Palestine has the opportunity to heal. Many of us talk about mental health support in our country, but we cannot imagine the scale at which it is needed in Gaza. What are we doing to ensure that the right mental health support is given to heal that nation? It used to be that, when we saw injustices across international borders, and the world order was not working, we called the world together to ensure that we changed the world order and justice was served. To this date, it seems that we follow the rules and do not set them any more. I ask the Minister to dig deep at this time and say, “What more can we really do to ensure that we are once again the convening voice for changing the world order, to see that justice is served and people have the aid and resources they need to move forward from this tragedy, which will mark us all in years to come?”.