Carolyn Harris
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(8 years, 5 months ago)
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Mr McLoughlin
I would advise those people to talk to their travel agent or tour operator in the first instance. The advice that we have set down is quite clear: we do not believe that any flights from the United Kingdom should go to Sharm el-Sheikh at this stage. That will obviously have implications in regard to certain insurance claims. We are reviewing the advice regularly.
Carolyn Harris (Swansea East) (Lab)
What support, if any, are the Government offering to people in the UK who have family, friends and loved ones stuck in this dreadful crisis?
Mr McLoughlin
We are trying to help them, and there are helplines available, including through the tour operators, but our first action must be to help those people who are actually stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh and to get them home. Communications are not down.