Consular Officers (Service to Holidaymakers)

HC Deb 29 October 1975 vol 898 cc488-9W

31. Mr. Walter Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Common wealth Affairs if he is satisfied with the service given by British consuls to British nationals who experience difficulty when abroad on holiday.

Mr. Rowlands

Yes. Consular officers do all that can reasonably be expected of them to help British holidaymakers abroad, although the steadily increasing numbers of British tourists overseas impose a very heavy workload on many of our consular posts.