§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals he has to increase staffing levels at the British embassy in the German Democratic Republic in order to seek to improve trade prospects for British firms.
§ Mr. RentonThe staffing levels of Her Majesty's embassies are reviewed periodically during visits by teams of Foreign and Commonwealth Office inspectors. The last inspection of the embassy in the German Democratic Republic was in September 1984.