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HANSARDCovid-19The hon. Lady asks a perfectly reasonable question. May I reassure her that we are taking the best scientific advice that we have got in the UK? The circumstances in different…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19I thank my hon. Friend for the way in which he has raised his question. The insurance industry makes its decisions in a commercial way, and obviously we and the Transport…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19We will look at all of these cases and, in particular, where there is a groundswell of UK nationals and constituents being stranded. As I have already informed the House, we are…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for her work at the FCO, where she was a doughty Foreign Minister. There is a whole range of practical details about how we can support our…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19Anyone in those circumstances will feel anxious and distressed. We will certainly see if we can provide as much support as possible, consular and otherwise, to the hon. Lady’s…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for his excellent tenure as Minister. I thoroughly enjoyed working with him and of course he is an expert in this field. Let us be very clear…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19Constituents reading the FCO travel advice ought to take it on its own terms, not on the basis of any potential, last-resort contingency measures that may be taken down the line.…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19My hon. Friend makes a really important point. I take the point, raised in the Chamber, that we need to try to get better and more effective international co-ordination. That is…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19I totally agree with the right hon. Gentleman. We are providing the very best support, care and advice. When it comes to repatriations, at the outset we secured 200, I think, who…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19As ever, my hon. Friend raises important and excellent practical points. They are mainly for the Secretary of State for Transport, but I reassure him that the Secretary of State…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19I thank the hon. Gentleman for what he said about consular staff; we will pass that on. It does matter that we have cross-party support for the essential work that all our public…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19I thank my hon. Friend the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He is absolutely right about the consular measures that we are taking to support UK nationals who feel…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19I particularly welcome the bipartisan tone that the hon. Gentleman has taken. I thank him for welcoming the statement and particularly for recognising and paying tribute to the…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19I thank my hon. Friend, who makes a number of important points. We are liaising with tour operators, insurance companies and, of course, airlines, and we will convey the message…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19In Peru, yes. That team is working as best it can under very difficult conditions. I am very happy to take a look at the case to which she has referred. We have a whole range of…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19I thank the right hon. Lady for her response, at least in relation to recognising the scale of the challenge. She asked a number of questions, and I will give her as much of a…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19As the Prime Minister has said, the coronavirus pandemic “is the worst public health crisis for a generation”. It is unsettling for families up and down the country, in all of our…17 Mar 2020HANSARDSyria: CeasefireI thank the hon. Gentleman. Let me say at the outset that I totally agree with him about the need to stem the flow of refugees. He mentions Lebanon; of course, Turkey has also…17 Mar 2020HANSARDSyria: CeasefireWe welcome the ceasefire in Idlib agreed by Turkey and Russia on 5 March, and we call on all parties to respect it and make it permanent.17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19The Prime Minister spoke to his G7 counterparts yesterday about the international effort to take a global and effective response in tackling covid-19.17 Mar 2020