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date	29/04/2020
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	South Africa: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has to introduce additional repatriation flights for British citizens stranded in South Africa.
tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
uin	41518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>The British Government has helped 2,058 British nationals on ten charter flights return to the UK from South Africa. The British High Commission in Pretoria made British nationals in South Africa aware of these flights through the FCO's Travel Advice, social media, and appearances by the High Commissioner in local media. We are still working through future plans, identifying where needs are greatest, and where charter flights will have the greatest impact on vulnerable British nationals overseas.</p><p>The British High Commission in South Africa is working hard to ensure that British nationals who remain in South Africa are safe and getting the support they need.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 07/05/2020 12:57:38 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

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date	30/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the Government's (a) expertise and (b) capacity to carry out trade deals as a result of the outcome of the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	41518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has established a new unit to oversee arrangements for the UK’s exit from the EU, after we have triggered Article 50. Until then, the UK remains a full member of the EU. The Government is reviewing trade policy, although the direction of future UK trade policy would be a matter for the new administration to consider once a new Prime Minister has been appointed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/07/2016 15:30:41 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest