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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) embassies, (b) high commissions, (c) consulates and (d) trade and investment offices his Department has in (i) the Federated States of Micronesia, (ii) the Solomon Islands, (iii) the Marshall Islands, (iv) Nauru, (v) Kiribati, (vi) Tuvalu,...

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Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

13 February 2002

For answer on

27 February 2002

Answered on

27 February 2002

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) embassies, (b) high commissions, (c) consulates and (d) trade and investment offices his Department has in (i) the Federated States of Micronesia, (ii) the Solomon Islands, (iii) the Marshall Islands, (iv) Nauru, (v) Kiribati, (vi) Tuvalu, (vii) Vanuatu, (viii) Fiji, (ix) Tonga, (x) Palau and (xi) Samoa; what the staff numbers are for each; and if he will make a statement. [37296] Mr. MacShane: The UK has High Commission offices in Fiji, Kiribati, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, and also in Papua New Guinea. The number of staff (including both UK-based and locally engaged staff) in each are as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Fiji 18 Kiribati 1 Papua New Guinea 12 Solomon Islands 6 Tonga 4 Vanuatu 9{1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Three part-time. The Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and Tuvalu are covered by our High Commission in Fiji, and Samoa by our High Commission in Wellington. We value our links with the island states of the South Pacific and are committed to working with them, particularly where we have resident representation, towards enhanced economic sustainability and governance, and stronger civil society. Our opening of a High Commission office in Kiribati in January has strengthened our ability to do this.

Date

27 February 2002

Reference

37296; 380 c1310-1W;380 c1312-3W

House

House of Commons

Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2001

SI 2001/2126 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 11 July 2001.

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Privy Council

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Statutory instruments

Date

20 June 2001

Reference

SI 2001/2126

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

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