Written questions

Lebanon: Civilians

Commons · Question 10827 · Tabled 23 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 6 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Steve Witherden

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will take steps to help protect non-UK citizens in Lebanon who have siblings in (a) the UK and (b) Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr constituency.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 6 Nov 2024

Consular services are only open to British nationals (funded by a premium on all British passports), and the UK Government is unable directly to assist non-UK citizens in Lebanon. However, immediate family members of British citizens and those settled in ...