Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:36 pm on 1 December 2025.
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Minister of State (Development)
2:36,
1 December 2025
Thankfully, we live in a free country and our citizens, sometimes in their wisdom, despite the best efforts of the Foreign Office and the advice given by it, decide to go anyway, so we do not hold numbers on how many British citizens are in any particular place. But we will of course make sure that the expected, necessary consular support is available to any British citizen, wherever they happen to be in the world.