[holding answer 13 July 2009]: We are unable to confirm whether the Spirit of Humanity was intercepted in international waters or in Gazan waters. When my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary spoke to his Israeli counterpart, Avigdor Lieberman, on 1 July 2009, he raised the issue with him. Officials at our embassy in Tel Aviv confirm that they were given good access to the British nationals arrested by the Israelis and that they were all treated well during their detention. The Israeli authorities deported the British nationals on 6 July 2009 and they are now back in the UK.