HC Deb 06 August 1975 vol 897 c199W
27. Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the British Embassy was established in Tananarive; and why it is now to close.

Mr. Ennals

The British Embassy at Tananarive was established in 1960 upon Malagasy independence. Before that, a British consulate had been established since 1862.

The decision to close the British Embassy in Tananarive is a direct result of reductions in public expenditure for 1967–77 announced by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Budget earlier this year.

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