Hamas: Hostage Taking
Commons · Question 65992 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Question
Asked by Luke Akehurst
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.
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 6 Aug 2025
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...