Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Anne Main calls on the PM to do whatever he can to help the “Arctic 30” who were making an ecological protest about Sakhalin Island and the grey whales and not involved in piracy.

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con): The Arctic 30 include six British citizens, including Alexandra Harris, a friend of my daughter. I am really concerned that their ecological protest about Sakhalin Island and the grey whales is being misinterpreted as piracy because nobody wants the scrutiny of the environmental work they are doing. Will something be done?

The Prime Minister: I share my hon. Friend’s concern. One of the people involved is a constituent of mine. We need to follow this case extremely closely, and that is exactly what the Foreign Office is doing. A Foreign Office Minister had a meeting, which I am sure my hon. Friend attended, and we are daily seeking updates from the Russian Government about how those people are being treated.

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