§ Viscount Lambtonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that a member of the staff of Her Majesty's British Embassy in Cairo was arrested by Egyptian police on 6th June, suffered interrogation, was handcuffed to Squadron Leader Hindle James and was finally deported from Egypt; what protest about this treatment has been made to the Egyptian Government; and why diplomatic immunity was not granted to him.
§ Mr. William RodgersI presume that the reference is to Mr. Jeremy John Barnett who was arrested on 6th June and released on 10th June and put on board a ship along with Squadron Leader Hindle James. Mr. Barnett was employed at the El Nasr College in Cairo and was not subject to diplomatic immunity. The British Interests Section of the Canadian Embassy made repeated and vigorous protests to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Interior against the arrest of British subjects following which Mr. Barnett was released.