HL Deb 28 July 1997 vol 582 c1WA
Lord Marlesford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

With reference to the six diplomats who, with their families, were withdrawn from posts in the United Kingdom at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in which countries' diplomatic missions they were employed and what serious offences they were alleged to have committed.

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

The six diplomats, and their families, who were withdrawn from posts in the United Kingdom after representations from this department in 1996 were from the following missions:

  • Honduras: fraud
  • Jamaica: drink/driving
  • Nigeria: fraud/deception
  • Uganda: breach of the peace
  • Zimbabwe: (1) drink/driving
  • (2) assault/breach of the peace.