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Further to my Written Answer of 9 January (HL3519), as of 18 January 2023 FCDO records list 11 consular officers appointed to the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Belfast, 13 consular officers to the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Manchester and 10 consular officers to the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Edinburgh. Article 1(1)(d) of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963 defines "consular officer" as "any person, including the head of a consular post, entrusted in that capacity with the exercise of consular functions."

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