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Gaza: Children

Commons · Question 66302 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 30 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential (a) humanitarian and (b) medical impact of establishing a UK medical evacuation scheme for seriously ill and injured

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 30 Jul 2025

There are many people in need of urgent medical care in Gaza, where the UN reports all hospitals have been damaged or partly destroyed. Countries in the region, particularly Egypt, play a vital role treating high numbers of medially evacuated Gazans, but ...