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Embassy Cars

Volume 204: debated on Friday 28 February 1992

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list British embassies that previously qualified for a Rolls-Royce ambassadorial car, but now no longer do so; and if he will list the replacement vehicles.

The table lists posts which, in 1984, qualified for a Rolls-Royce ambassadorial car and which no longer do so.

Replacement CarPost
To be decided (Rolls-Royce provided in 1990)Canberra
Range RoverMoscow
Lincoln Town CarNew York (UN)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will indicate the type, cost and specification of the next official car for Her Majesty's ambassador to the United Nations.

A standard specification Lincoln town car to be leased at an annual cost of US $5,900—about £3,410 at the current exchange rate—including maintenance and insurance.