Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
" What recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Ethiopia. ..."Laurence Robertson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"Having chaired the all-party parliamentary group for Ethiopia and Djibouti for a long while, I have seen the relative peace that Ethiopia has lived in since 1987, and the last thing it needs at the moment, following the locust problem and covid, is this situation. Does the Foreign Secretary therefore …..."Laurence Robertson - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 22 Oct 2020
Integrated Activity Fund: Transparency
"We now come to the Front-Bench speeches. Please remember that we need to leave two minutes at the end for Mr Linden to wind up...."Laurence Robertson - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 22 Oct 2020
Integrated Activity Fund: Transparency
"Order. Before the Minister responds, I remind everybody that I want to leave two minutes for Mr Linden to wind up...."Laurence Robertson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Sep 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
"The Foreign Secretary has referred to the food crisis in east Africa, which is indeed acute. Will he therefore use this first day of the new Department to contact potential foreign donors to ask them to up their game? I am very appreciative of what our Government have done by …..."Laurence Robertson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jul 2020
Official Development Assistance
"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank and congratulate the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion) on securing this debate and on her comprehensive speech. A year ago, I led the very same debate; we did not know about the merger then, but we did discuss whether DFID should continue …..."Laurence Robertson - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Asked by:
Laurence Robertson (Conservative - Tewkesbury)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of British citizens in Grenada awaiting repatriation as as result of the covid-19 pandemic; what steps are being taken to repatriate those people; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Wendy Morton
- Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is working around the clock, through our Posts overseas and in London, to make sure all British travellers who need and want to return to the UK are receiving the support and information they need. The number of British travellers that may still require support to return home across the globe is now in the low tens of thousands. It is difficult to be more precise because there have been instances of multiple registrations by the same individual, people not reporting their return to the UK via other means, and long term residents registering for flights even though they were not eligible. We have brought home over 32,000 people on 155 flights organised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 29 countries and territories. We have also supported over 11,000 people to return home from the Caribbean via commercial means.
We are aware of pockets of British travellers across the Eastern Caribbean area, including in Grenada, and our effort is focused on supporting their return as quickly and safely as possible. We are sharing information with British travellers affected through our Travel Advice page and will update them as we have news.
We have lobbied airlines and the local authorities to keep routes out of Grenada open for as long as possible, allowing nearly all short- term visitors to leave. We also promoted details of departure options from Grenada on our social media platforms.
Our consular network in the region continues to provide support to British nationals who require assistance.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Apr 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
" What recent assessment she has made of the food security situation in east Africa. ..."Laurence Robertson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Apr 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"As the Secretary of State says, millions of people in east Africa already live with food insecurity, and poor seasonal rains recently have been followed by the locust infestation. Can the Secretary of State use the DFID budget to provide urgent food aid of nutritional quality to people who, through …..."Laurence Robertson - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 9th March 2020
Asked by:
Laurence Robertson (Conservative - Tewkesbury)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to maintain restrictions on arms sales to Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by James Cleverly
- Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Government's position remains that, until it retakes licensing decisions in line with the 20 June 2019 judgment of the Court of Appeal, it will not issue any new licences for exports to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners for possible use in the conflict in Yemen.