79. Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the Lord Privy Seal what is the machinery for ensuring reciprocity in privileges for British diplomats working in overseas countries and foreign diplomats working in Great Britain.
§ Mr. HeathReciprocity with regard to some diplomatic privileges follows from the fact that the privileges are based on general international law or long-established international practice.
Other privileges are accorded on the basis of formal or informal reciprocal arrangements.
When it comes into force, the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations will constitute a comprehensive international code governing diplomatic privileges.