Last week there were several themes focused in the Parliament that can be seen here in my blog yesterday that was printed in the Brighton Argus yesterday. Along with the items I mentioned yesterday from last week, I have now spotted a couple more items that took place yesterday on 23rd October. One was in the Parliament in the early afternoon and the second one was in the House of Lords which took place at the end of yesterday. The one in Parliament involved the Prime Minister and one of the MPs who took part was Caroline Lucas from Brighton Pavilion who also took place last week in Parliament. So here are some of the Parliament session items that includes the question from Caroline and the answer from Rishi Sunak.

Caroline Lucas: I was pleased to hear the Prime Minister talk of the need to get fuel into Gaza, but as Hywel Williams said, that was not referenced in yesterday’s joint statement, even though fuel is due to run out in the next few days and without it there will be no water, no functioning hospitals, no bakeries and so on. Can I press the Prime Minister on a question that he has not been prepared to answer so far: does he consider the withholding of fuel to be in line with the Government of Israel’s obligations to act within international law?

Rishi Sunak: The Government of Israel will manage their behaviour in line with international law. Our job is to ensure that we get aid into the region, and that is what we are focused on doing.

And here is the beginning of the House of Lords session with the initial words from Nicholas True.

Lord True: My Lords, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place. The Statement is as follows:

“Mr Speaker, last week I visited the Middle East, bringing a message of solidarity with the region against terror and against the further spread of conflict. I met with the leaders of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority to co-ordinate our response to the crisis before us, but also to renew the better vision of the future that Hamas is trying to destroy.

I travelled first to Israel. It is a nation in mourning, but it is also a nation under attack. The violence against Israel did not end on 7 October. Hundreds of rockets are launched at its towns and cities every day, and Hamas still hold around 200 hostages, including British citizens. In Jerusalem, I met some of the relatives, who are suffering unbearable torment. Their pain will stay with me for the rest of my days. I am doing everything in my power, and working with all our partners, to get their loved ones home. In my meetings with Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Herzog, I told them once again that we stand resolutely with Israel in defending itself against terror, and I stressed again the need to act in line with international humanitarian law and take every possible step to avoid harming civilians. It was a message delivered by a close friend and ally. I say it again: we stand with Israel.