I closed the debate on Yemen & I stand by the motion asking for a cease-fire whilst there is a UN independent inquiry. The humanitarian crisis gripping Yemen must be tackled to stop the thousands of civilian deaths turning into tens or
hundreds of thousands as the country tips into famine and epidemic. Even before the conflict, Yemen had one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world and 1.6 million children did not go to school. Now, the situation is getting worse, with
some 1.3 million children in a state of acute malnutrition and thousands of schools closed. It is ordinary civilians who are paying the price of this conflict. There urgently needs to be a ceasefire and a political settlement to bring peace to the people of Yemen.