HC Deb 15 December 1966 vol 738 c144W
68. Mrs. McKay

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what assistance his Department will give to achieve the early establishment of a British Council at Damascus, Syria.

Mrs. White

As I said in reply to the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Eldon Griffiths) on 8th November, certain economies will have to be made next year in the Government's grant to the British Council in the interests of containing Government expenditure, especially overseas. This precludes in the immediate future the re-establishment of the British Council in Syria.—[Vol. 735, c.261.]