Select committee: International Development Committee
Conclusion 7
Second Report - Humanitarian situation in Gaza
Published 1 Mar 2024
Paragraph 33
Addressed to Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
International Development Committee Humanitarian situation in Gaza All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
Current border restrictions will make it impossible to avert a famine. The state of desperation in Gaza has been emphasised to this Committee. Food is not getting through in anything close to the amounts needed. Lack of certainty of supply is driving desperate behaviour in the population and gives opportunity for organised crime to step in.
From: International Development Committee, Second Report - Humanitarian situation in Gaza (HC 110), paragraph 33, 1 March 2024
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 8 May 2024 (deadline 1 May 2024).
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government marks most of the Committee's recommendations as "Agree", marks three as "Partially Agree", and says it is "focussed on practical solutions that save lives".
- On land crossings and aid access, it marks the recommendation "Agree" and says it "continue[s] to press Israel" for further changes, welcoming Israel's undertaking to raise aid flows to 500 trucks a day and wanting Israel to fulfil it "as quickly as possible".
- On a reconstruction conference, it marks the recommendation "Partially Agree": it agrees the international community must consider recovery now, but is "not at this stage ready to commit to the UK hosting an international conference".
- On UNRWA, it marks the recommendation "Agree" but makes no commitment to resume funding, saying it "will set out our position on future funding" after "careful consideration" of the final report, UNRWA's response and the ongoing OIOS investigation.
- On international humanitarian law, it "Partially Agree[s]", stating that grave concerns on humanitarian access are "not sufficient to undermine our judgement that Israel is committed to comply with IHL in general".