§ Mr. Whitakerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which are the countries whose diplomats have declined to pay traffic penalties in the Metropolitan area; and on how many occasions.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganDuring the first ten months of 1968 there were 12,566 cases in which members of Diplomatic Missions did not respond to a fixed penalty notice issued under Section 80 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967. Particulars are as follows:
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Afghanistan 38 Algeria 13 Argentine 115 Australia 43 Austria 11 Bahrain 1 Barbados 4 Belgium 96 Bolivia 1 Botswana 9 Bulgaria 193 Burma 62 Cambodia 2 Cameroon 44 Canada 53 Ceylon 151 China 2 Colombia 27 Democratic Republic of the Congo 411 Costa Rica 1 Cuba 37 Cyprus 233 Czechoslovakia 283 Denmark 17 Dominican Republic 3 Ecuador 58 E1 Salvador 2 Ethiopia 79 Finland 31 France 131 Gambia 1 Federal Republic of Germany 140 Ghana 736 Greece 492 Guatemala 1 Guyana 24 Haiti 47 Honduras 1 Hungary 681 Iceland 3 India 98 Indonesia 65 Iran 166 Iraq 141 Republic of Ireland 145 Israel 77 Italy 46
Ivory Coast 356 Jamaica 351 Japan 14 Jordan 120 Kenya 64 Korea 20 Kuwait 352 Laos 1 Lebanon 24 Liberia 75 Libya 33 Luxembourg 1 Malagasy Republic 8 Malawi 16 Malaysia 241 Malta 19 Mauritius 5 Mexico 168 Morocco 95 Nepal 1 Netherlands 31 New Zealand 13 Nicaragua 7 Nigeria 802 Norway 29 Pakistan 154 Panama 27 Paraguay 9 Peru 159 Philippines 6 Poland 950 Portugal 24 Qatar 1 Rumania 62 Saudi Arabia 495 Senegal 181 Sierra Leone 189 Singapore 24 Somalie Republic 8 South Africa 10 Spain 20 Sudan 68 Sweden 9 Switzerland 17 Thailand 32 Trinidad and Tobago 3 Tunisia 61 Turkey 564 Uganda 583 U.S.S.R 92 United Arab Republic 238 U.S.A 90 Uruguay 37 Venezuela 63 Vietnam 20 Yemen 3 Yugoslavia 103 Zambia 403 Total 12,566