Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 53142

Gaza: Famine

Tabled: 19 May 2025

Answered: 2 June 2025

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Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with the United Nations on the proportion of the population of Gaza who are at risk of (a) famine and (b) starvation.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

In our statement to the UN Security Council on 13 May, we highlighted the recent report of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Partnership, and called on Israel to lift its cruel and inexcusable block in the flow of aid to Gaza. The re...

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