Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Minister in his Department leads on discussions at EU level on the wellbeing of Syrian refugees who have entered mainland Europe.

As the Minister for Immigration at the Home Office, my Hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and Whitby (Mr Goodwill) said in his written response to you on 30 January [61657], the primary responsibility for refugees outside the UK rests with the host country within which they are residing. I am the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Minister of State with responsibility for Europe. The migration crisis is regularly raised in European discussions, such as the European Council attended by the Prime Minister, and Foreign Affairs Council, attended by the Foreign Secretary.