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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2014-07-30more like thismore than 2014-07-30
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Ebola remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to banning all flights from countries in Africa in which cases of the Ebola virus have occurred. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Blencathra more like this
uin HL1683 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-08-04more like thismore than 2014-08-04
answer text <p>All avenues to restrict the virus entering the UK are under constant review. UK Airlines are constantly reviewing the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office’s travel advice when planning their services and ensuring that measures they take are consistent with Public Health England guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and the World Health Organisation are not recommending travel restrictions to countries in Africa with cases of Ebola. UK airlines are not planning to stop services to these countries. However, airlines and the UK Government are constantly reviewing the situation.</p><p> </p><p>A ban on direct flights would not allow a country to avoid the spread of a virus altogether, as potentially infected passengers could travel via hubs in third countries.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Kramer more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-08-04T11:20:57.6195167Zmore like thismore than 2014-08-04T11:20:57.6195167Z
answering member
1557
label Biography information for Baroness Kramer more like this
tabling member
497
label Biography information for Lord Blencathra more like this