Refugees: Gaza
Commons · Question 71531 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Simon Opher
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will waive biometric requirements for children medically evacuated from Gaza to the UK.
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 17 Sep 2025
The Prime Minister announced at the end of July that the UK will medically evacuate Gazan children for treatment in the UK. A cross-government taskforce is working urgently to get some of these sick and injured children out of Gaza, so that they can recei...