Written questions

Gaza: Israel

Lords · Question HL6699 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 8 May 2025

Question

Asked by Baroness Deech

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 15 April (HL6489), who were the experts consulted on the reliability of the Gaza Ministry of Health's fatality figures.

Answer

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury, 8 May 2025

Over the last 18 months, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has consulted experts, including from the London School of Tropical Medicine and Every Casualty Counts, and interrogates relevant research. Experts assess that the total number of d...