{"value":{"id":167585,"memberId":3428,"member":null,"memberRole":"Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) ","uin":"HLWS58","dateMade":"2014-12-03T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","title":"Correction to Lords Oral Answer","text":"<p>With regards to the oral answer given to my noble colleague, Baroness Coussins on 2 December 2014, Official Report Column 1225, I stated that no Afghan employees had been killed or seriously injured on duty. This is incorrect.</p><p>The answer should have been:</p><p><strong>Lord Astor of Hever:</strong> My Lords, we recognise the huge debt that we owe to our Afghan employees, and we are working with the Home Office and the Afghan authorities to avoid any unreasonable delays in relocation. We take intimidation very seriously and trained police investigate claims. We provide security advice and relocation in-country—or, in extremis, back to the United Kingdom. We are aware of no staff killed or seriously injured <strong>off </strong>duty. We very much welcome the noble Baroness’s ideas on interpreter opportunities and we are working closely with the Home Office to try to take this forward.</p><p> </p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":false,"linkedStatements":null,"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/167585","method":"GET"}]}