§ 45. Miss Boothroydasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in view of the bombing of the United States embassy in Beirut, whether extra precautions are being taken to protect staff at the British embassy in Beirut, and other Arab countries.
§ Mr. HurdTwo officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have visited Beirut since the bombing of the United States embassy to carry out a detailed inspection of our own embassy's security arrangements. A number of additional measures have already been taken to protect our staff from bomb attacks. 323W We shall apply the lessons learnt from this latest incident to improve the protection of our embassies in any country where this is justified by the local threat.