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Prime Minister David Cameron updated Parliament on the situation in Libya and the UK Government response.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Three RAF Hercules evacuate 150 more civilians from locations in eastern Libyan desert.
The UK Government has taken action to freeze assets of the Libyan regime, to impose export controls on Libyan banknotes and to remove head of State exemptions from UK immigration controls.
Latest information on FCO response and help for British nationals.
Information on the consular situation in Libya and the UK response.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said the Government will do everything it can to evacuate the remaining British nationals stranded in Libya.
"The United Kingdom wants to send a clear message to the Libyan regime that the world is not just watching and making statements. We are and will continue to take action."
Information on consular situation in Tripoli and Benghazi and the UK response.
A Foreign Office charter flight is leaving Gatwick Airport at 1230GMT for Libya. It is scheduled to land at Tripoli Airport later today. We are hopeful that the flight will return to the UK this evening.
"We can confirm that we are currently assisting the majority of British Nationals at the airport to board a chartered plane that has become available in Tripoli."
Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the UK is "taking every action to get the remaining British nationals in Libya out of harm's way".
Foreign Secretary says UK gravely concerned about the situation in Libya.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said the safety of British nationals in Libya is of paramount concern.
"We are today summoning the Libyan Ambassador to London to the Foreign Office, to convey in the strongest terms our absolute condemnation of the use of lethal force against demonstrators"
Permanent Under Secretary Simon Fraser, on the instructions of the Foreign Secretary, summoned the Libyan Ambassador to the UK H.E. Omar R Jelban this afternoon.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken to the Head of the Qadhafi Human Rights Society about the situation in Libya.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has expressed the UK government's concern on continuing reports overnight of unacceptable violence used against protesters in Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen.
Commenting on recent events in Libya, Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt today said:
Henry Bellingham MP, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for Africa attended the EU-Africa Summit in Tripoli
Minister for Africa, Henry Bellingham will represent the British Government at the third European Union-Africa Summit which takes place in Tripoli on 29 and 30 November.
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