HC Deb 05 November 1979 vol 973 cc40-1W
Mr. Trotter

asked the Lord Privy Seal which is the nearest British consular office to each of the consular offices which are to be closed; what is the distance involved

Post to be closed Nearest Consular Office Distance in miles
Adelaide Melbourne—Consulate-General 404
Basle Zurich—Consulate-General 49
Berne—Embassy 42
Calais Lille—Consulate-General 60
Innsbruck Vienna—Embassy 250
Malmo Stockholm—Embassy 221
Ostend Brussels—Embassy 68
Palermo Naples—Consulate-General 198
Philadelphia New York—Consulate-General 89
Rotterdam Amsterdam—Consulate-General 40
Salvador Recife—Honorary Consulate 403
St. Louis Chicago—Consulate-General 259
Strasbourg Lyon—Consulate-General 235
Tangier Rabat—Embassy 132
Trieste Venice—Consulate 70
Winnipeg Edmonton (Alberta)—Consulate-Genera 739

We are considering the possibility of appointing honorary consuls in:

  • Calais,
  • Innsbruck,
  • Tangier.
It is also possible that we may appoint an honourary consul in Adelaide although it is not the custom to provide consular assistance in Commonwealth countries. There will thus be limited consular facilities available in those cities and in Strasbourg, where some consular staff will be retained in the United Kingdom permanent delegation to the Council of Europe. Apart from these arrangements the nearest consular office is as set out above.

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