Alistair Burt corrected a written answer on Israel: Palestinians
Catherine West (Labour, Hornsey and Wood Green) asked written question 148987 on 1 June 2018. Alistair Burt answered on 6 June 2018 for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Alistair Burt corrected the answer on 21 June 2018. The figure 190 in the original became 16,200 in the correction, higher by 16,010. Altogether 35 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department holds information on the number of (a) Palestinian (i) civilians and (ii) militants and (b) Israeli (i) civilians and (ii) militants wounded in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the last year.
Original and corrected answer
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| Original | Corrected |
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| Public reports suggest that from June 2017 until 4 June 2018, The British Government does not compile an independent assessment of whether those | Public reports suggest that from June 2017 until 4 June 2018, 91 Israelis and over 16,200 Palestinians have been wounded . The British Government does not compile an independent assessment of whether those wounded could be classified as civilians or militants. |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/915127?expandMember=true |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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