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Alistair Carmichael

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Ministerial Correction

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Wed 23rd Nov 2016
Ministerial Corrections
Tuesday 8th November 2016

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Ministerial Corrections
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The following is an extract from Questions to the Foreign Secretary on 18 October 2016:
Alistair Carmichael Portrait Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) (LD)
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One of the many barriers to creating safe routes out of Syria is the Syrian Government’s practice of declaring stolen passports belonging to those who oppose them. Will the Foreign Secretary, as a matter of some urgency, speak to his colleague the Home Secretary about the position of Zaina Erhaim, an award-winning Syrian journalist who recently had her passport confiscated as she came into Heathrow?

Boris Johnson Portrait Boris Johnson
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I am aware of the case. It is very difficult, because we must, in law, confiscate passports that have been stolen, but we are doing what we can to assist the lady in question.

Letter of correction from Boris Johnson:

An error has been identified in the response I gave to the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) during Questions to the Foreign Secretary.

The correct response should have been:

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