asked the Lord Privy Seal in which British embassies and consulates in African countries there are officers with a rank of second secretary and above who have previously served in British Colonial Territories in Africa; and what positions these officers now hold.

There are ten such officers serving in the following British embassies and consulates in African countries and holding the posts indicated:

• British Embassy, Mogadishu, Somaliland, First Secretary.
• British Consulate-General, Hargeisa, Ethiopia, Consul-General.
• British Consulate, Mega, Ethiopia, Consul.
• British Consulate, Buea, Republic of Cameroun, Consul.
• British Consulate, Usumbura, Ruanda Urundi, Vice-Consul.
• British Consulate, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, First Secretary.
• British Consulate, Elisabethville, Congo, (1) Vice-Consul, (2) Vice-Consul.
• British Embassy, Tripoli, Libya, First Secretary.
• British Embassy, Khartoum, Sudan, First Secretary.