House of Lords proceedings disrupted by protesters – UK politics live | Politics

House of Lords proceedings disrupted by protesters – UK politics live | Politics

House of Lords proceedings disrupted by protesters

Proceedings in the House of Lords have been disrupted by protesters, this morning. ITV News has the clip. Campaigners in the gallery started shouting “Lords out, people in”, and dropping leaflets into the chamber.

House of Lords interrupted by protestors shouting ‘Lords out, people in’

Business had to be paused as protesters calling for the abolition of the unelected chamber started chanting and throwing leaflets pic.twitter.com/44uDPrLs71

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Lammy tells MPs it’s ‘difficult to see’ how Israel’s denial of aid to Gaza compatible with international law

David Lammy, the foreign secretary, has told MPs that it is “difficult to see” how Israel’s denial of humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza “can be compatible with international humanitarian law”.

But he was by some opposition MPs as he stopped short of repeating his previous remarks that there had been a “breach of international law” by Israel.

Speaking in the Commons, Lammy said the resumption of Israeli military action in Gaza had resulted in an “appalling loss of life”. He said:

On the night of March 18, Israel launched air strikes across Gaza. A number of Hamas figures were reportedly killed, but it’s been reported that over 400 Palestinians were killed in missile strikes and artillery barrages. The majority of them were women and children.

This appears to have been the deadliest single day for Palestinians since the war began. This is an appalling loss of life, and we mourn the loss of every civilian.

Lammy confirmed a British national was amongst those wounded after a UN compound was hit on Wednesday. He said the UK was urgently calling for return to a ceasefire.

Hamas has been resisting calls for the release of further hostages in return for a longer truce.

Israeli forces did not begin to withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor as agreed and on March 2 the Israeli government announced it was blocking all further aid deliveries until Hamas agreed to its terms.

For weeks now, supplies of basic goods and electricity have been blocked, leaving over half a million civilians once again cut off from clean drinking water and sparking a 200% surge in the price of some basic foodstuffs; a boon to those criminals who use violence to control supplies.

As I told the house on Monday, this is appalling and unacceptable. Ultimately, of course, these are matters for the courts, not governments, to determine, but it’s difficult to see how denying humanitarian assistance to a civilian population can be compatible with international humanitarian law.

Though it’s important to say I could have been a little clearer in the House on Monday, our position remains that Israel’s actions in Gaza are a clear risk of breaching international humanitarian law.



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