HC Deb 19 December 1955 vol 547 c271W
116. Mr. Langford-Holt

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases during the last convenient 12 monthly period legal proceedings have been withheld against foreign persons as a result of claims of diplomatic privilege.

Major Lloyd-George

In the twelve months ending 30th September, 1955, 93 cases arising in England and Wales were brought to my notice in which the police refrained from taking criminal proceedings against foreign persons as a result of claims to diplomatic immunity being established. No figures are available for civil cases.

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