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1655886

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date	01/09/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Rhodes: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to support the repatriation of UK citizens who were on holiday in Rhodes during the wildfires.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	195763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>In response to the wildfires in Rhodes over the summer, the FCDO stood up the Crisis Response Centre and quickly deployed a Rapid Deployment Team to Rhodes. The Rapid Deployment Team and Consular Officers from our network in Greece assisted British nationals and liaised with Greek authorities and travel operators, whose commercial flights continued to operate throughout. The FCDO was, and remains, in regular contact with the Greek authorities. Our diplomatic posts monitor the risk of wildfires and impact on British Nationals globally. British nationals in need of consular assistance can call our 24-hour consular contact centre.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 11/09/2023 13:40:46 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1655887

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Rhodes: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has held with his counterpart in Greece on the wildfires in Rhodes.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	195764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>When the wildfires first broke out, the Foreign Secretary sent his condolences to Foreign Minister Gerapetritis and thanked the Greek Government for their support to British nationals in Rhodes. The Defence Secretary also discussed the wildfires during Greek Defence Minister Dendias' visit to London. In parallel, His Majesty's Ambassador to Greece held frequent high-level engagement with Greek Ministers, senior officials, and local authorities on wildfire risks across Greece.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 11/09/2023 13:41:35 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell