Sanctions Debate

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Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Barry Gardiner

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Corporate Transparency and Economic Crime
Monday 28th February 2022

(2 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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Well, Mr Speaker, they will not be able to travel.

Barry Gardiner Portrait Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab)
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The Giorgidze family, the Reckon family and many others in my constituency have family members and loved ones now in Poland or on its border. They want to know what conversations the Foreign Secretary has had with her counterpart in Poland about swift flights to bring those family members to the UK and—perhaps equally importantly—what conversations she has had with the Home Secretary on that matter.

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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We have been working closely with the Home Office on this issue as well as the Polish Government. In fact, I am due to meet the Polish Minister tomorrow to discuss it further. We have a forward team of Foreign Office officials in Poland precisely to help with such cases.

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