Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he will commit to reviewing the UK’s current policy committing travellers to (a) disembarkation and (b) additional screening in Turkey for flights from Northern Cyprus.

Under the Chicago Convention, only the Republic of Cyprus may designate Ercan as an international airport and permit flights to operate from within its territory. It has not done so. Therefore, travel from Ercan to Turkey and onwards to the UK is on two distinctly separate flights, a consequence of which is passengers must disembark the first aircraft to board their second flight. International law requires all passengers be appropriately screened before boarding an aircraft.