Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 9
9
Deferred
Paragraph: 35
Prioritise averting famine by ensuring sufficient food aid reaches Gaza through streamlined entry and open crossings.
Conclusion
The UK Government must make it an absolute priority to avoid famine by getting sufficient amounts of food aid into Gaza, as measured by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). This will give certainty to the population there, which will ease other issues, including improving security for aid workers and disincentivising illicit market activity. This entails Israel opening up existing crossings, providing a more streamlined entry system and communicating about why goods are being returned.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government deflected the recommendation, stating it supports a World Bank, UN, and EU damage and needs assessment for reconstruction planning and is considering various forms of support for economic recovery, rather than addressing specific actions to increase food aid and streamline entry.
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Paragraph Reference:
35
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
20. As the occupying power in Gaza, Israel must ensure that humanitarian aid— including food, water and shelter—is available to people in Gaza. Israel needs to open more crossings, for longer, with fewer restrictions on what is allowed in. We welcome Israel’s commitments to increase aid access made from 2 April, and want to see them met now. 21. The UK is doing everything we can to get more aid in as quickly as possible: • On 6 April, the UK announced a package of military and civilian support to set up a maritime aid corridor to Gaza, including the deployment of a Royal Navy ship to join the life-saving mission in the Eastern Mediterranean. • The ship, alongside new UK aid and British expertise, will support the establishment of an international humanitarian maritime corridor from Cyprus to Gaza, supported by many of our partner governments and the UN, and is expected to be operational in early May. • As of 25 April, nine RAF airdrops have delivered 84.6 tonnes of aid, including ready-to-eat meals, water and rice, along the northern coastline of Gaza. Conclusion/
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