Speeches

Baroness Hayman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Hayman on 2015-11-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, following the World Health Organisation’s designation of Sierra Leone as free from Ebola, they plan to support the resumption of direct flights from the UK to that country.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Given the improved situation in Sierra Leone, the resumption of direct flights is currently being reviewed by the Government. Subject to the outcome of this review, we are prepared to process the appropriate permissions for flights to begin.