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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 ; and whether a review of the way in which other signatory countries have carried out their pledge to accord thes workers equal rights with their own nationals will be submitted to the Belgrade conference.
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, of course, also be looking at the way in which other countries have carried out their obligations under the Final Act,
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 Hungary Poland Romania
***
Yugoslavia
...
46
58
...
物
***
32
***
35
59
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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32 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for revenue purposes that the following locally engaged staff were employed as at 5th April 1976:
Bulgaria Czechoslovakia
GDR Hungary Poland Romania Yugoslavia
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***
British
Total
3
3
Nil
...
Nil
5
***
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 are citizens of the host country in each case: Sofia. Prague, East Berlin, Budapest, Warsaw, Bucharest, and Belgrade,
Mr. Tomlinson: The information is as follows:
Post
Sofia Prague
East Berlin Hudapest
Warsaw
Bucharest Belgrade
::
Total staf
British subjects
Citizens of host country
47
25
22
85
39
45
(plus 1
45
...
35
Hungarian)
84
0.0
42
42
109
65
47
24
23
63
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Hong Kong
ទង់ចិនទ
CRASH
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 development plan. in 1976 in Hong Kong's 10-year medical
Mr. Luard: The major medical pro- jects completed in 1976 were as follows:
(a) the general wing of the Princess Margaret Hospital (1,340 beds) and the centenary building of the Tung Wah Hos- pital (424 beds) (a Government-subvented hospital) were commissioned and the casualty department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital was enlarged;
(b) three specialist clinics/polyclinics were completed;
(c) 15 additional dental chairs were pro vided;
(d) a midwifery training school WHE opened; and
(c) two full-time and 14 evening metha- done detoxification centres for the treatment of drug addicts were catablished in various parts of Hong Kong.
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