HC Deb 29 January 1947 vol 432 cc209-10W
104. Mr. Warbey

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for what reasons the British vice-consulate at Florina, Greece, has been closed down.

Mr. Mayhew

The British Vice-Consulate at Florina was opened after the end of the war to help the local British community in their difficulties in the immediate post-occupational period. The post was closed at the end of 1946 when it had become clear that there was no longer sufficient consular work to warrant its continued maintenance.

Mr. Warbey

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for how many British subjects the British Vice-Consulate at Florina, Greece, was catering during its most active period, and at the end of 1946, respectively.

Mr. Mayhew

The number of British subjects in Western Macedonia (the Florina Consular district) at any given period cannot be established with accuracy, but remained fairly constant during this period at between 150 and 200 persons.