Lebanon: Humanitarian Aid

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 23 March 2026.

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Photo of Brendan O'Hara Brendan O'Hara Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Middle East)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to increase bilateral and multilateral humanitarian assistance to Lebanon.

Photo of Brendan O'Hara Brendan O'Hara Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Middle East)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the protection of civilians in Lebanon.

Photo of Brendan O'Hara Brendan O'Hara Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Middle East)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to support unaccompanied and separated children in Lebanon.

Photo of Brendan O'Hara Brendan O'Hara Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Middle East)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help ensure unrestricted humanitarian access in Lebanon.

Photo of Brendan O'Hara Brendan O'Hara Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Middle East)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help secure a ceasefire in Lebanon.

Photo of Hamish Falconer Hamish Falconer Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the press statement on Lebanon issued by the Foreign Secretary on 15 March (link provided below), and to her oral statement to the House on 17 March. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-statement-on-the-situation-in-lebanon--2

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