HC Deb 16 February 1982 vol 18 c88W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will seek to amend the law to ensure that United States Service personnel are bound by the same obligations in respect of attachment orders as citizens of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Wiggin

Under both public international law and the laws of the United Kingdom, attachment of earnings orders—which are made against the employer—cannot be made against a foreign Government. It would not be desirable or practicable to change this.