Swine Flu Update

Part of Olympics – in the House of Commons at 3:34 pm on 20 July 2009.

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Photo of Andrew MacKinlay Andrew MacKinlay Labour, Thurrock 3:34, 20 July 2009

I think the Secretary of State missed the point made by Mr. Evans and others about people travelling abroad. A constituent of mine who was on holiday in Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt could not leave the country and was incarcerated-I intend no disrespect-in an Egyptian national health service hospital, where he could not get any consular advice. Over the next few weeks, this scenario-involving, perhaps, people who, rightly or wrongly, have not arranged sufficient travel insurance-is likely to escalate enormously, putting enormous strain on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. There need to be amber lights flashing to the FCO and the travel and insurance industries to make sure that a potentially large number of people are not incarcerated outside the European Union in grotty hospitals.