I have just returned from a parliamentary delegation to the Gaza Strip. I will write more about the visit later this week but, for now, here are two videos filmed in Gaza – the first on a visit to the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and the second at the fish market on the seafront of Gaza City.
I was Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield between 1992 and 2019 and a former Shadow Transport Minister. I now chair Healthwatch in Birmingham and Solihull, and the West Midlands Board of Remembering Srebrenica. I also work as a public affairs consultant. I am an effective community advocate and stakeholder alliance builder with a passion for human rights. I am a trustee of the Balfour Project charity and of Citizens Advice Birmingham, and a former Chair of Medical Aid for Palestinians.