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Crisis In Gaza

EDM number 832 in 2013-14, proposed by George Galloway on 03/12/2013.
Categorised under the topics of International politics and government and Middle East.

That this House views with grave concern a United Nations report that the situation in Gaza is near the point of catastrophe; underlines that the UN special rapporteur warns that lack of fuel imports has resulted in power cuts dramatically affecting basic services, including health, water and sanitation, with the result that raw sewage is flooding into the streets; notes that residents only receive power for six hours a day after the only power plant in Gaza was shut down due to a critical fuel shortage three weeks ago; further notes that the little power that is available is not sufficient to meet the needs of specialised health services, such as kidney dialysis, operating theatres, blood banks, intensive care units and incubators, putting innocent lives at risk; concludes that the inhumane, six-year blockade erected by Israel on the tiny strip of land holding 1.7 million people is the principal cause of this widespread suffering and distress, added to recently by the Egyptian military regime's destruction of tunnels on the Rafah border which helped to breach the embargo; and calls on the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs urgently to meet with his counterparts in Cairo and Tel Aviv to persuade them to remove the blockade and allow in urgent humanitarian aid and also to raise the plight of the people of Gaza at the United Nations General Assembly.

This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
George Galloway03/12/2013Bradford WestRespectProposed
Mark Durkan03/12/2013FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Margaret Ritchie04/12/2013South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Ronnie Campbell04/12/2013Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn04/12/2013Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Martin Caton04/12/2013GowerLabourSeconded
Alasdair McDonnell04/12/2013Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Mike Hancock05/12/2013Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn09/12/2013Newport WestLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell09/12/2013North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson09/12/2013Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins09/12/2013Luton NorthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd10/12/2013Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Jim Cunningham11/12/2013Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Mark Williams12/12/2013CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Godsiff16/12/2013Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne17/12/2013Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned

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