Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 72427

Hamas: Ceasefires

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

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

Mr Hamish Falconer
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.