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Ministry of Defence: Cyprus |
| Question ID: |
1791634 |
| UIN: |
43405 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
152 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department plan to visit the official memorial in Girne in Northern Cyprus. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-10 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5235 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Al Carns
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Al Carns
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| Answer text: |
While recognising the sacrifice of UK Service personnel who gave their lives during the ‘Cyprus Emergency’, Parliamentary and Ministerial commitments mean there are no plans to visit the memorial at The Old British Cemetery at Girne. However, when Parliam... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |