A laundry washing appliance comprising a cabinet accommodating a laundry washing tub and a dispensing arrangement for dispensing laundry washing treatment products to be used during laundry washing, the dispensing arrangement comprising: - a drawer slidable within a seat provided in the cabinet , the drawer defining at least one container for laundry washing treatment products; - at least one suction pump (265a, 265b; 365a, 365b) associated with the at least one container and fluidly connected to the laundry washing tub for delivering thereto dosed amounts of the treatment products; - a fluid connection (213a, 213b; 331) between the at least one suction pump (265a, 265b; 365a, 365b) and the at least one container , wherein the at least one suction pump (265a, 265b; 365a, 365b) and the fluid connection (213a, 213b; 331) are arranged so as to enable the suction of the dosed amounts of treatment product from above a surface of the treatment product contained in the container ; characterized by at least one valve for fluidly connecting the at least one container to the at least one suction pump , said valve being realized so as to automatically close and cut off the fluid connection between the at least one container and the at least one suction pump when the drawer is even partially extracted from the seat , and to automatically open and establish the fluid connection between the at least one container and the at least one suction pump when the drawer is pushed into the seat . - a drawer slidable within a seat provided in the cabinet , the drawer defining at least one container for laundry washing treatment products; - at least one suction pump (265a, 265b; 365a, 365b) associated with the at least one container and fluidly connected to the laundry washing tub for delivering thereto dosed amounts of the treatment products; - a fluid connection (213a, 213b; 331) between the at least one suction pump (265a, 265b; 365a, 365b) and the at least one container , wherein the at least one suction pump (265a, 265b; 365a, 365b) and the fluid connection (213a, 213b; 331) are arranged so as to enable the suction of the dosed amounts of treatment product from above a surface of the treatment product contained in the container ; characterized by at least one valve for fluidly connecting the at least one container to the at least one suction pump , said valve being realized so as to automatically close and cut off the fluid connection between the at least one container and the at least one suction pump when the drawer is even partially extracted from the seat , and to automatically open and establish the fluid connection between the at least one container and the at least one suction pump when the drawer is pushed into the seat . wherein the at least one suction pump (265a, 265b; 365a, 365b) and the fluid connection (213a, 213b; 331) are arranged so as to enable the suction of the dosed amounts of treatment product from above a surface of the treatment product contained in the container ; characterized by at least one valve for fluidly connecting the at least one container to the at least one suction pump , said valve being realized so as to automatically close and cut off the fluid connection between the at least one container and the at least one suction pump when the drawer is even partially extracted from the seat , and to automatically open and establish the fluid connection between the at least one container and the at least one suction pump when the drawer is pushed into the seat . <EOS>