§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if any of the 16 diplomats alleged to have committed theft offences are still in the United Kingdom;
(2) if (a) the four diplomats alleged to have committed offences of violence against the person, (b) the one alleged to have committed a sexual offence and (c) the one alleged to have committed a firearms offence are still in the United Kingdom; and what was the precise nature of these alleged offences.
§ Mr. MayhewFive of the persons entitled to claim diplomatic immunity who are suspected of involvement in offences against the Theft Act 1968 have left the United Kingdom and a further three are in the process of leaving. The one person suspected of a sexual offence has also left; otherwise the persons concerned remain.
The legal description of the offences alleged are:
Offence (a) Violence against the person: Assault occasioning actual bodily harm contrary to section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 2 Assaulting a police officer contrary to section 51(1) of the Police Act 1964 1 Common assault 1 (b) Sexual offence: Gross indecency contrary to section 13 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 1 (c) Firearms offences: Unlawful possession of a firearm contrary to section 1 of the Firearms Act 1968 1