§ VISCOUNT SWINTONasked His Majesty's Government how the total numbers of the staff, enjoying diplomatic immunity, in the Soviet Embassy and in Missions of the satellite States, compare with the numbers of the French Embassy, similarly privileged.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (LORD HENDERSON)The following statement shows the total numbers of the staffs—including diplomatic officers and officers engaged on clerical and similar duties—employed at the diplomatic missions maintained in London by the countries mentioned, whose names are included at the present time in the list of persons officially regarded as entitled to claim diplomatic privilege which is prepared in the Foreign Office in accordance with the Statute 7 Ann. Cap. 12:
Country Numbers of Staff Diplomatic Clerical Total U.S.S.R. 32 86 118 Poland 16 53 69 Yugoslavia 13 33 46 Czechoslovakia 10 34 44 Roumania 7 3 10 Hungary 5 11 16 Bulgaria 4 2 6 France 34 104 138 House adjourned at twenty-two minutes before seven o'clock.