Hamas: Ceasefires
Commons · Question 72427 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to Hamas on agreeing US proposals to secure a ceasefire.
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 17 Sep 2025
The UK has long retained a policy of no contact with Hamas who are a proscribed terrorist organisation. We are clear that Hamas must neither govern Gaza nor be a threat to Israel anymore.