HC Deb 15 January 2001 vol 361 cc29-30W
Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Israeli Government on their treatment of Palestinian civilians. [145308]

Mr. Hain

We regularly raise our concerns about human rights with the Israeli authorities and have done so on a number of occasions since 28 September. In addition there have been EU demarches to the Israeli Authorities, most recently about the serious humanitarian consequences of Israeli closures, which greatly restricts the movement of people, goods and money, both between the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the outside world, and between towns and villages in the West Bank and Gaza Strip themselves.