HC Deb 24 November 1989 vol 162 c36W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the commercial staffing section of Her Majesty's embassy in Iraq for each year since 1979.

Mr. Waldegrave

Before the February 1987 inspection, the commercial section of the British embassy comprised four United Kingdom-based and six locally-engaged staff. In 1987 the number was reduced to three and five respectively.