Ministers have been accused by senior Conservatives of leaving 30,000 British holidaymakers in limbo by failing to offer clear travel advice for Rhodes janemerrick23 reports
Ministers have been accused by senior Conservatives of leaving 30,000 British holidaymakers in limbo by failing to offer clearLord Young of Cookham, a former Cabinet minister, led calls for more clarity from the Foreign Office on whether people with holidays booked for theDuring a debate in the House of Lords, the Government’s deputy chief whip, the Earl of Courtown, insisted the FCDO keeps travel advice under constant review but that it was ultimately up to people to make their own decisions...
The Liberal Democrats urged Rishi Sunak to convene a meeting of the government’s emergency planning committee, Cobra, to oversee the UK’s response afterLord Young told the deputy chief whip: “Some 30,000 [British] holidaymakers are booked to go to Rhodes over the next few weeks, and at the moment the FCDO is not advising people not to travel.
“The Association of British Insurers have said that unless the Foreign Office advises against travel there won’t be a great deal of policies that will help. “Is the Government really expecting families booked to go to Rhodes over the next few days to go ahead with their plans?”
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