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Written Question
British Nationals Abroad: Diplomatic Service
Wednesday 25th April 2018

Asked by: Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Fifth Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Session 2014–15, Support for British nationals abroad: The Consular Service, HC 516, what recommendations from the section of that report on deaths abroad have been implemented.

Answered by Harriett Baldwin - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

​We have made changes in response to both the 2014 Foreign Affairs Committee report and the FCO's own internal review (which was also carried out in 2014). Most notably, the FCO created a dedicated team to handle Murder and Manslaughter cases. Since its creation in 2015, this team has supported over 200 families. We continue to regularly review our consular policy to ensure we are supporting the most vulnerable.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"I welcome both the domestic and international unanimity on this issue. Now that the Government support the Magnitsky Act, may I encourage the Foreign Secretary to do all that he can to learn from the Americans about how they have been able to prosecute the people who were exposed by …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Mar 2018
Government Policy on Russia

"The Foreign Secretary, like many other people, has spoken powerfully about the extent to which Russia—while not at war with us—can be seen only as an enemy of the best interests of the United Kingdom. On that basis, is it not time to review whether we should continue to sit …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Nov 2017
Budget Resolutions

"Is my right hon. Friend aware that in the past 35 minutes the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU has written to the Select Committee to say that the reports being provided are not complete and do not actually contain anything that might be commercially sensitive, thus adding very …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Nov 2017
Budget Resolutions

"This Budget was a huge wasted opportunity as well as an acknowledgement of failure. Those of us who listened to the Foreign Secretary’s speech today were staggered that he spent longer talking about penguins and plastic bags than he did acknowledging Brexit, the most serious threat to our economy. I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Oct 2017
Raqqa and Daesh

"It is in the interests of Assad and Putin to suggest that life is returning to normal in Syria. The Minister mentioned the meeting in Geneva in November. In light of that, what more will the UK Government be doing to ensure that Russians and other actors are aware that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Oct 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"14. What assessment the Government have made of the current humanitarian and future rebuilding needs of those British overseas territories affected by Hurricane Irma. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Oct 2017
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"The Foreign Secretary is right to pay tribute to the British armed forces for the part they played in the overseas territories, but it is also right to recognise that the contribution that the British Government made both immediately and in the days after Hurricane Irma was considerably less than …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Sep 2017
Hurricane Irma: Government Response

"In an interview yesterday, Haydn Hughes, the former Anguillan parliamentary secretary, stated:

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