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They don't.
June 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
MPs will be asked to vote through cuts to payments before the consultation reports back and before the PIP assessment review.
June 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Yes. Hopefully they will sign. But just flagging some have made the point in the Chamber.
June 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A number of MPs have condemned the genocide on multiple occasions. One recent one was here: bsky.app/profile/andy...
The acid test for UK Government sanctions is whether these measures will actually have an impact and will bring about the end to the killing in Gaza.
June 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A small number of them did - in this week's Oral Statement session (on Tuesday). Read: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : ' Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories' on Tuesday 10 June 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
June 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Today, Lammy imposed new sanctions on Israeli individuals and organisations.

So why not Ministers like Smotrich, who he recognised advocated ‘cleansing’ Gaza and ‘destroying what’s left’.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
UK suspends trade talks with Israel and attacks ‘repellent’ extremism
Foreign secretary, David Lammy, condemns blocking of aid trucks and calls by Israeli ministers to ‘purify Gaza’
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM