HC Deb 30 July 1998 vol 317 c538W
Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will make it his policy not to dispose of(a) the whole and (b) part of the Paris (i) Embassy and (ii) Residence buildings; [53344]

(2) if he will make it his policy not to dispose of (a) the whole and (b) part of the Tokyo (i) Embassy and (ii) Residence buildings; [53347]

(3) if he will make it his policy not to dispose of (a) the whole and (b) part of the Bangkok (i) Embassy and (ii) Residence buildings; [53345]

(4) if he will make it his policy not to dispose of (a) the whole and (b) part of the Vienna (i) Embassy and (ii) Residence buildings. [53348]

Mr. Fatchett

Our policy is to ensure that all elements of the FCO estate provide value for money. For those which do not, disposal is one option; we shall also be considering how to make better, and more intensive, use of those properties we retain.