Stewart Jackson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stewart Jackson on 2015-10-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to expand embassy and consular facilities in Latin America; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Hugo Swire

As part of the Government’s Canning Agenda over the past five years we have revitalised relations with Latin America. I have opened new Embassies in El Salvador, Haiti and Paraguay. We have also opened two new Consulates General in Brazil, in Recife in 2011 and most recently last month in Belo Horizonte. We have also increased the number of diplomats in priority Posts and the number of Ministerial visits to the region.

All future resource decisions are subject to the ongoing comprehensive Spending Review.