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

Labour — Luton 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.