In the leaked recording, the chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, Alicia Kearns, revealed that she believed the government had received information that Israel was violating international humanitarian law.
Kearns said he was confident the government had concluded that Israel was not demonstrating its commitment to the law and that "transparency was paramount at this time."
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SNP Westminster MP Stephen Flynn said the British government must "be transparent" about what it has been told and commit to immediately stopping arms sales to Israel.
Flynn said: "The British government is on the wrong side of history. His failure to call for an immediate ceasefire and his refusal to end arms sales to Israel will be looked back with horror by future generations.
"The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister have a duty to the public and to the leadership positions they currently hold to be honest about whether they have received information that Israel has violated international humanitarian law."
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"If reports are to be believed, and if the British government continued to supply arms and intelligence to Israel despite knowing it was violating international humanitarian law, then the position of both countries would be untenable.
"So far 100,000 men, women and children have been killed or injured in this conflict and with the people of Gaza teetering on the brink of famine, the British Government refuses to act.
"How many more innocent civilians have to suffer before Westminster finally acts?"
The Foreign Ministry said advice on Israel's compliance with international law would be regularly reviewed but would remain confidential.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We continually review advice on Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law and ministers act on that advice, for example when considering export licenses."
"The content of government opinions is confidential."
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Meanwhile, a cross-party group of more than 50 MPs and peers, including SNP foreign affairs spokesman Brendan O'Hara, called on the UK to end its pause on government funding for the United Nations humanitarian agency in Palestine.
The United Kingdom was among a group of countries that suspended funding for the United Nations Disaster Relief Agency (UNRWA) after Israel raised allegations that some staff were involved in Hamas atrocities on October 7.
In a letter to Cameron, MPs and their colleagues asked for clarification on why the UK had decided to withhold funding and why interim reports on the UNRWA inquiry had not been enough to restore funding.
The British government has said Britain does not owe UNRWA any money until the end of April and is awaiting the results of a review of the agency by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna and a UN investigation into the allegations on October 7.
The letter, signed by colleagues from all major parties, said funding must be restored "immediately".
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