Oral QuestionDepartment for International Development

“What recent representations she has received on the future of UNRWA funding in Palestine.”

Tabled: 20 December 2018Answered: 9 January 2019

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for International Development

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

My first instinct is always to protect people from the cost of living. The immediate action we have taken in relation to those who heat their homes with oil is the £53 million that we announced this week. That is particularly important for rural communities and for Northern Ireland. De-escalation in the middle east is the quickest way to reduce the cost of living. Anyone who advocated for the UK to rush headlong into the offensive without a clear picture of what it would mean for our forces or without thinking through the economic impact for families should stand up and apologise.