Oral QuestionDepartment for International Trade

What recent discussions she has had with the UK's trade partners on protecting International Labour Organisation standards in future trade agreements.

Tabled: 25 August 2020Answered: 3 September 2020

Asked by

Rachel Hopkins

LabourLuton South and South Bedfordshire

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for International Trade

Answer from Hansard

Mr Falconer

My hon. Friend has long advocated these questions. I pay tribute to the work of Save the Children and other UK non-governmental organisations that have continued to do dangerous and lifesaving work in Gaza. I met many of them over the recess. There are a number of restrictions in place in relation not simply to the passage of aid into Gaza, which we have discussed in this House a number of times, but to the function of the NGOs themselves. We keep a very close interest in this and have raised it with the Israeli Government.