§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons the Private Office of the Under-Secretary of State does not have the out-of-hours telephone number of the Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay. [18527]
§ Mr. FatchettIt is our practice not to disclose the home telephone numbers of our staff serving overseas. All of our overseas posts operate a Duty Officer system which enables those who need to transact business urgently with our staff outside normal working hours to do so.