Proceeding contribution from Bill Esterson (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 7 March 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Libya and the Middle East.
Libya and the Middle East
My constituent Jennifer Currie, her eight-month-old baby Nadia and her six-year-old daughter Alisha, happily, are on their way home from Libya. My caseworker spent the weekend arranging for them to travel home from Gharian, where they were hiding from the fighting. It took the Foreign Office 36 hours to agree to pay for a taxi to the airport, and my caseworker had to persuade the Foreign Office to arrange flights home. Jennifer had to agree to pay £1,400 for the tickets when she got home. Will the Foreign Secretary investigate why the arrangements were left to an MP's caseworker, and why the penniless mother of an eight-month-old baby was asked to pay for her children's escape from a war zone?
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- 2010-12
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- Armed forces Demonstrations Armed conflict British nationals abroad Deployment Humanitarian aid EU action G8 Politics and government United Nations Violence Repatriation Sanctions Diplomatic relations Civil disorder European Council Palestine Middle East Yemen Egypt Libya Tunisia Gaddafi, Muammar
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