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date	20/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Tunisia: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the impact of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's revised travel advice for Tunisia on the Tunisian economy in terms of the loss of revenue from British tourism.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Sousse terrorist attack has had a significant impact on tourist numbers in Tunisia: at the time of the attack there were an estimated 20,000 British tourists in Tunisia. This had dropped to around 2,000 before the Government changed its travel advice. Our travel advice has highlighted for some time the high threat from terrorism in Tunisia. Because of developments in the threat and intelligence picture since the attack, coupled with our assessment of the vulnerability of tourist sites, we took the decision to change our travel advice in order to ensure the safety of British nationals <br><br>Tourism usually accounts for around 15 per cent of Tunisia’s Gross Domestic Product. We and international partners are working with Tunisia to identify how we can best support their economy, including by increasing our bilateral and multilateral support. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), and EU Foreign Ministers discussed economic support for Tunisia, including a significant increase in olive oil export quotas, at Monday’s EU Foreign Affairs Council. We also continue to encourage Tunisia to set out its plans for its economic development.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:18:10 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

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date	20/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Islamic State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Prime Minister's commitment to work with the US to destroy IS, what their strategy is for doing so.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL1649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK is part of a Global Coalition of over 60 countries and organisations who have come together to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The Coalition agreed that we will need to make concerted efforts on five lines: Military, Foreign Fighters, Finance, Stabilisation and Strategic Communications. The UK is playing a key role to support concerted efforts on these five lines. <br><br>The UK is a leading contributor to the military efforts to defeat ISIL. We are upgrading local forces – the Iraqi Security Forces (including Kurdish fighters) and the Syrian Moderate Opposition – through the provision of training and equipment and the RAF is part of the Coalition’s air support which is helping to defeat ISIL on the ground. <br><br>We are countering ISIL’s efforts to recruit foreign fighters by identifying recruitment networks, encouraging the exchange of information on travel routes, and ensuring Coalition members are sharing information to combat the flow of these fighters. <br><br>We have been working to prevent ISIL’s use of the international financial system and cutting off sources of funding, whether from oil smuggling, kidnap for ransom, foreign donations, or the trade in looted antiquities. <br> <br>The Coalition is committed to providing stabilisation support in Iraq. Essential services, civilian planning, local government and police will be needed in liberated areas to ensure relief and recovery, so that displaced people can choose to return to their homes safely. In the meantime, the UK is providing humanitarian assistance to the millions of people affected by ISIL’s brutality and chaos in Syria, Iraq and the region. The UK is one of the co-leads for the international working group on strategic communications. We are enabling credible voices across the region to speak out against ISIL’s atrocities and to encourage people not to support or promote ISIL. <br>We also support Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi and his efforts to lead an inclusive government and advance national reconciliation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:17:40 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian