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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

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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

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47

Total staff

47

23 39

22

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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.

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