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Food Aid To Palestinian Refugees In Gaza

EDM number 1080 in 2003-04, proposed by Lynne Jones on 28/04/2004.

That this House notes that the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) emergency food programme for the Gaza Strip, where 80 per cent. of the population are refugees living below the poverty line, was suspended on 1st April following restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities on moving out empty food containers; notes that this caused UNRWA a bottleneck that prevented 11,000 tons of food from being delivered costing the Agency $13,000 in fees; is relieved that the distribution of emergency food aid in Gaza recommenced on 21st April and that UNRWA has enough food in Gaza to provide for the needs of refugees for the next 30 days; remains deeply concerned however about UNRWA's statement that the future of the emergency food programme remains in doubt because the Israeli authorities are insisting that holes be drilled in the two-inch wall cavities of food containers leaving Gaza, to allow searching by mini-camera but that these containers are not the property of UNRWA and such procedures will add to the costs and cause delays in providing food assistance to the needy; is aware of the statement on behalf of the Israeli Government that suicide bombers had used food containers for hiding in but supports UNRWA's response that Israel's legitimate, and serious, security concerns will not be served by hindering the emergency relief work of the United Nations; and therefore calls on the United Kingdom Government to make urgent representations to the Israeli Government and the US Administration to secure unhindered movement of UN food supplies to Gaza.

This motion has been signed by a total of 54 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lynne Jones28/04/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourProposed
Alan Simpson28/04/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing28/04/2004Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge28/04/2004Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Barnes28/04/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard28/04/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
John Cryer28/04/2004HornchurchLabourSigned
Richard Burden28/04/2004Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Alice Mahon28/04/2004HalifaxLabourSigned
Brian Iddon28/04/2004Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins28/04/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn28/04/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Drew29/04/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Desmond Turner29/04/2004Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Simon Thomas29/04/2004CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Sarah Teather29/04/2004Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Win Griffiths29/04/2004BridgendLabourSigned
Andrew George29/04/2004St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton29/04/2004GowerLabourSigned
Colin Breed29/04/2004South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper29/04/2004Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Paul Holmes29/04/2004ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Sheridan29/04/2004West RenfrewshireLabourSigned
Paul Marsden30/04/2004Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer30/04/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis04/05/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Clive Efford04/05/2004ElthamLabourSigned
Huw Edwards04/05/2004MonmouthLabourSigned
Tom Brake04/05/2004Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke04/05/2004Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price05/05/2004Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Mark Hendrick05/05/2004PrestonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Lindsay Hoyle05/05/2004ChorleyLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd05/05/2004Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Albert Owen05/05/2004Ynys MLabourSigned
Bill Etherington05/05/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock05/05/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams05/05/2004ConwyLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt05/05/2004Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Janet Anderson06/05/2004Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
Paul Flynn06/05/2004Newport WestLabourSigned
Marsha Singh06/05/2004Bradford WestLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar10/05/2004Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
David Chaytor10/05/2004Bury NorthLabourSigned
Sue Doughty10/05/2004GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Bailey10/05/2004West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
John Barrett11/05/2004Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood11/05/2004Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Nigel Jones12/05/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Rob Marris13/05/2004Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Karen Buck13/05/2004Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis13/05/2004Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
David Hamilton18/05/2004MidlothianLabourSigned
Tony Clarke25/05/2004Northampton SouthLabourSigned

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