§ Sir John Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in which diplomatic and consular missions in the United Kingdom, including the Libyan People's Bureau, the staff exceeds the staff in the corresponding United Kingdom missions overseas.
§ Mr. RifkindThe countries concerned are as follows:
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Algeria Indonesia Australia Iran Bangladesh Iraq Belgium Republic of Ireland Brazil Israel Brunei Italy Bulgaria Ivory Coast Burma Jamaica Cameroon Jordan Canada Laos Chile Liberia China Malaysia Colombia Mauritius Costa Rica Mexico Cuba Monaco Czechoslovakia Mongolia Denmark Morocco Dominica The Netherlands Dominican Republic New Zealand Eastern Caribbean States Nicaragua (Antigua and Barbuda, St. Nigeria Christopher and Nevis, St. Norway Lucia, St. Vincent and the Pakistan Grenadines) Panama Egypt Papua New Guinea El Salvador Paraguay Finland Peru France Philippines Gabon Poland The Gambia Portugal Federal Republic of Germany Qatar German Democratic Republic Saudi Arabia Ghana Senegal Greece Sierra Leone Grenada Somalia Guyana South Africa Haiti Soviet Union Honduras Spain Iceland Sri Lanka India Sudan
Sweden Vietnam Switzerland People's Democratic Syria Republic of Yemen Togo Yugoslavia Tonga Zaire Venezuela The Libyan People's Bureau was closed when diplomatic relations with Libya were severed. We have agreed that the Libyan interests section of the Saudi Arabian embassy may be staffed by two Libyan nationals. Two members of the Diplomatic Service may staff the British interests section of the Italian embassy in Tripoli.