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Written Answers
28 FEBRUARY 1977
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEAlth
AFFAIRS
Helsinki Agreement (Migrant Workers)
Mr. James Lamond asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what examination he has made of the extent to which the United Kingdom is affected by the agreement on the rights of migrant workers contained in the Helsinki Final Act ; und whether review of the way in which other signatory countrics have carried out their pledgo to accord these workers equal rights with their own nationals will be submitted to the Belgrade conference.
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the Foreign and Commonwealth Offics for revenue purposes that the following locally engaged staff were employed as at 5th April 1976:
Bulgaria Czechoslovakia
GDR Hungary Poland Romania Yugoslavia
British
Total
3
3
Nil
Nil
3
4
2
Nil Nil
Nil
Mr. Brotherton asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the total staff at the British embassy in each of the following capitals; and of that number how many are British subjects and how many aro citizens of the host country in each case: Sofia, Prague, East Berlin, Budapest, Warsaw, Bucharest, and Belgrade.
Mr. Tomlinson: The information is follows:
Mr. Luard : As part of its preparations for the review meetings of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe to be held later this year in Belgrade, Her Majesty's Government are thoroughly examining all parts of the Final Act in relation to United Kingdom policies and practices. In this context, we are also looking at the question of migrant labour.
At the Review Conference we shall, Prague of course, also be looking at the way in which other countries have carried out their obligations under the Final Act.
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Diplomatic Missions (Eastern Bloc)
Mr. Brotherton asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the total staff at the em- bassies of the following countries in London, and of that total how many are British subjects in each case: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic
Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
Mr. Tomlinson: The totals of staff
notified to the Foreign and Common- wealth Office as at 24th February are as follows:
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
GDR
Hungury
Poland
Romania Yugoslavia
46
58
32
35
***
...
59
414
48
38
British subjects are not included in the above figures, as they come in the cate- gory of locally engaged staff. Such staff arc not notified to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office but it is known from information supplied separately to
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Sofia
Post
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47
Total staff
47
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45 (plus 1 Hungarian)
East Borlin Budapest
35
10
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...
42
42
Warsaw
109
65
44
Bucharest Belgrado
47
24
23
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***
65
29
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Hong Kong
Mr. Ron Lewis asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the achievements and completion of projects in 1976 in Hong Kong's 10-year medical development plan.
Mr. Luard: The major medical pro- jects completed in 1976 were as follows:
(a) the geneṛul wing of the Princess Margaret Hospital (1,340 beds) and the centenary building of the Tung Wah Hos- pital (424 beds) (a Government-subvontod hospital) were commissioned and the casualty department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital was enlarged;
(b) three specialist clinics/polyclinics were completed:
(c) 13 additional dental chairs were pro- vided;
(d) a midwifery training school opened; and
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(e) two full-time and 14 evening metha- done detoxification centres for the freaument of drug addicts were established in various parts of Hong Kong.