§ 57. Mr. GIBSONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for what reasons it is proposed to abolish many of the British vice-consulates in Denmark; will he name the vice-consulates it is proposed to close and state whether the vice-consuls at these places are unpaid; and, seeing that the vice-consuls in Denmark have been of great assistance to the trade between this country and Denmark and in view of the necessity of promoting British trade abroad, will he reconsider the matter?
§ Lieut.-Colonel COLVILLEHis Majesty's Government have no intention of closing in the near future any of the existing British vice-consulates in Denmark.