HC Deb 30 July 1981 vol 9 c517W
Sir John Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what attachments have been made from his Department to Her Majesty's embassy in Washington and to consular and other posts in the United States of America.

Mr. Humphrey Atkins

One member of the Northern Ireland Civil Service is currently on secondment to Her Majesty's embassy, Washington. Two officials from the Department of Commerce, Northern Ireland, currently work full-time at the Northern Ireland Industrial Development Office in New York, and six further Department of Commerce officials are attached to Her Majesty's consulates general in New York, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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