This is the 11th report from the International Development Committee (HCP 522-I, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780215523174), and focuses on the humanitarian and development situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Committee has set out 20 conclusions and recommendations covering the following areas: the security situation; the responsibility to ensure humanitarian access; Hamas' responsibilities; a humanitarian access cell; the Palestinian reform and development plan; the importance of improving movement and access; expanding settlements and the construction of the Barrier; the EU-Israel Association Agreement; EU funding mechanisms; the work of the Quartet Representative; improving Palestinian security; involving all parties; the Egyptian-brokered truce. For Volume 2, Evidence (see ISBN 9780215523198).