House of Commons; Westminster, British Parliament
Monday 13th July 2009
'The interception of the ship The Spirit of Humanity'
Called By Emily Thornberry, Labour Member of Parliament for Islington South, London. Emily is the constituency MP for Alex Harrison, one of the British passengers on board the Spirit of Humanity.
Emily will be introducing the debate, raising a number of questions relating to the illegality of Israel's actions in relation to the Spirit, its passengers and crew and towards the population of the Gaza Strip.
The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Ivan Lewis) will be responding on behalf of the British Government.