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HANSARDAir India Plane CrashWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to update the House on our response to Thursday’s devastating Air India plane crash. I know the whole House joins me and you in…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashFor families who have chosen to remain in the UK, a family liaison officer has been appointed by their relevant police force and should have been in contact over the weekend. I…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashI am happy to talk to the hon. Member about the particulars of the cases that he is referring to. We will, of course, do everything we can to try to minimise uncertainty.16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashAs I said, British investigators are now in India working with the Indian authorities. We are also in direct contact with Air India.16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashI thank the hon. Lady for her question. I am sure she will understand why I will decline to comment in too much detail on Mr Ramesh’s case in the House. We can all only imagine…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for those remarks. The family liaison officers and the consular staff on the ground are trying to stand with British nationals during…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashI thank the shadow Foreign Secretary for the tone of her questions. She rightly points to the scale of this; it is the single largest loss of British life in an aviation accident…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashThe UK AAIB will be supporting the work of the Indian authorities, and we will do everything we can to ensure that families are kept fully apprised of the conduct of the…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashThe UK has a proud record of playing its full part in global aviation standards. As I said, our Air Accidents Investigation Branch will be assisting the investigation into this…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashI spoke to some of my hon. Friend’s constituents earlier in the day, and they were full of gratitude for his work on behalf of his city and constituency over the weekend. I also…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s work in Derby on this—those photos are heartbreaking, particularly the one she mentions that so many in this House will have seen. We are trying…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashI agree with the hon. Gentleman—they are not alone. In relation to any questions about the experience of our consular support, I invite right hon. and hon. Members to ensure that…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashI thank the hon. Member for his kind words about me and the officials, and I join him in sending my truly heartfelt condolences to his constituents for the loss of life.16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashI am happy to talk to any hon. Member about particular cases of people affected by the incident.16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashRegrettably, in incidents of this scale, identification tends to take some time. Through family liaison officers in the UK and consular staff, we are trying to support British…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashThe Air Accidents Investigation Branch will be playing its full role, and we will consider the findings of the Indian and the British and American-supported investigation and take…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashI have spoken to our high commissioner and the team on the ground this afternoon to ensure that we have adequate resources in place, including in the places where British…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashI have set out some of the detail around our support for the Indian Government. The High Commissioner remains in regular dialogue with the Indian authorities and met Prime…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashI confirm to my hon. Friend that we will, of course, keep our consular response under review, as events develop. I can also confirm that there remains close co-ordination between…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashI understand the force and the emotion behind my hon. Friend’s question. I have spoken to families about the obvious agonies of the process of identification. I will look into the…16 Jun 2025