Oral QuestionDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

What steps his Department is taking to safeguard manufacturing jobs after the UK leaves the EU.

Tabled: 14 November 2018Answered: 20 November 2018

Asked by

Preet Kaur Gill

Labour (Co-op)Birmingham Edgbaston

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Answer from Hansard

The Solicitor General

The suffering in Gaza is indefensible. We have been very clear that Israel has an obligation under international humanitarian law to ensure the provision of aid in Gaza and that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency has a critical role. The priority is for aid routes to be fully opened, international aid to get in and international non-governmental organisations to be permitted to operate in Gaza again. UK support so far has meant that over 430,000 people have received essential healthcare and over 650,000 have received food. We are working intensively to support global peace initiatives, and humanitarian aid delivery is an integral part of that.