§ 78. Mr. Teelingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps the Marseilles British Consulate is taking to serve the fresh area of the Riviera now under its jurisdiction; what increase in staff it has entailed; how often a consular official will visit Cannes, Nice and Monte Carlo, respectively; and how the British community and especially the British business interests in Monaco and in the Onassis organisation are to be informed of these visits.
§ Mr. Ian HarveyAs my hon. Friend was informed on 12th December last, periodic visits will be paid to the Riviera by a member of the staff of Her Majesty's Consul-General at Marseilles. These visits will not take place on a regular schedule but rather in accordance with the requirements of the work.
In consideration of the extra load to be imposed upon his post, Her Majesty's Consul-General at Marseilles is being spared any cuts in staff. My right hon. and learned Friend will of course consider sympathetically any requests for additions which he may make after experience of this extra work.