HC Deb 18 July 2000 vol 354 c144W
36. Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the impact of new technology on the use of the diplomatic bag. [129577]

Mr. Battle

Frequency of bag service has reduced marginally over the last 4 years by 1 per cent. week per post.

Volume of material for the years 1997–99 has remained within 0.1 per cent.

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