| Heading: |
Iran: British Nationals Abroad |
| Question ID: |
1815976 |
| UIN: |
62268 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4805 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Alicia Kearns
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| Asking Member handle: |
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Alicia Kearns
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many flights have been chartered to evacuate UK citizens from Iran. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
2025-07-03 |
| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
true |
| Answering Member ID: |
5148 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Correcting Member ID: |
5148 |
| Correcting Member display name: |
| Mr Hamish Falconer |
| Correcting Member handle: |
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| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
| Mr Hamish Falconer |
| Answer text: |
Flights have been chartered to evacuate UK citizens from Israel. The UK Government has not chartered flights to evacuate UK citizens from Iran. Media reports suggest the Iranian airspace is in the process of re-opening. |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |