Question follow-through · 65992
Hamas: Hostage Taking
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken with international partners to encourage international humanitarian access to Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 6 Aug 2025 · 29 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
8 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken with international partners to encourage international humanitarian access to Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Aug 2025
Answer published
The UK has called for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to be granted unfettered and immediate access to the hostages in Gaza and Palestinian detainees to deliver on their independent visiting role, as enshrined within the 1949 Geneva Co...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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