Question follow-through · 39800
Israel: Hamas
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2025
Answer published
As the Foreign Secretary said to the House on 20 March, we strongly oppose Israel's resumption of hostilities. We urgently want to see a return to a ceasefire. More bloodshed is in no-one's interest. Hamas must release all the hostages and negotiations mu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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