§ Mr. C. Pannellasked the Lord Privy Seal how many labour attachés there are in posts abroad; and where they are.
§ Mr. HareI have been asked to reply.
17WThere are at present 19 posts as follows:
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City of Residence Countries Covered Ankara … Turkey Iran Beirut … Lebanon Ethiopia Iraq Jordan Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms Sudan Bonn-am-Rhein … Germany (Federal Republic) Austria Brussels … Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands Buenos Aires … Argentine Chile Paraguay Uruguay Dakar … Senegal Guinea Mali Ivory Coast Congo (Leopoldville) Congo (Brazzaville) Helsinki … Finland Denmark Iceland Norway Sweden Karachi … Pakistan Lagos … Nigeria Ghana Sierra Leone Liberia Cameroun Togoland Dahomey La Paz … Bolivia Colombia Ecuador Peru Mexico City … Mexico Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Nicaragua Panama Venezuela New Delhi … India Ceylon Paris … France Rio-de-Janeiro … Brazil Rome … Italy Yugoslavia Singapore (Office of the Commissioner General for S.E. Asia) Burma Indonesia Malaya Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam
City of Residence Countries Covered Tel Aviv … Israel Cyprus Greece Tunis … Tunisia Morocco Libya Washington … U.S.A.
§ Mr. C. Pannellasked the Lord Privy Seal what factors he takes into account when deciding the establishment of labour attaches in particular countries; and whether there are consultations with the Ministry of Labour on these matters.
§ Mr. HareI have been asked to reply. Labour attaches are sent to those countries where the volume and complexity of labour affairs requires that an expert be appointed to the Mission to deal with these matters, and where there is scope for such an expert to perform useful work and to establish useful contacts with those concerned. There are close consultations between my Department and the Foreign Office or Commonwealth Relations Office in reaching decisions on these appointments.