British Citizens Abroad: FCO Help to Return Home Debate

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Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

British Citizens Abroad: FCO Help to Return Home

Mark Pritchard Excerpts
Tuesday 24th March 2020

(4 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Dominic Raab Portrait Dominic Raab
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The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The Transport Secretary is already engaged in those discussions with individual airlines. There is a practical, legal question of whether those airlines can get into the relevant countries and jurisdictions, and that is why I will be raising the matter at G7 level tomorrow.

Mark Pritchard Portrait Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con)
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The Foreign Secretary has mentioned thousands, and in one reply he said that hundreds of thousands of UK citizens are currently abroad. Could he provide the House with a more definitive estimate of the number of UK citizens abroad? He will recall that last week I pressed him on the use of the Royal Air Force in extremis. What further discussions has he had with Defence Ministers on deploying the RAF when required?