Question follow-through · 83566
Occupied Territories: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Israel on the release of medical personnel detained in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 20 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Ukraine: British Council · 25 Nov 2025
- Gaza: Médecins Sans Frontières · 3 Feb 2026
- Israel: Palestine · 14 Apr 2026
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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
20 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Israel on the release of medical personnel detained in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Foreign Secretary and I have continued to raise concerns with the Israeli Government about the detention of Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Mr Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr Marwan al-Hamas. Last week, officials at our Embassy in Tel Aviv lodged a request for...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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