§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how many diplomats accredited to the Court of St. James's and resident in the United Kingdom are on lists entitling them to claim diplomatic immunity; how many such diplomats are accredited from European countries, the United States of America, South America, Africa, excluding Commonwealth countries and Arab States, Commonwealth countries, Arab States, Japan, Israel and Asian countries, other than Commonwealth countries; and how many such diplomats were so protected in 1932, 1942, 1952, and 1962, respectively;
(2) how many representatives of the European Economic Community have claimed diplomatic immunity in respect of claims for debts allegedly owed by them to individuals, firms or companies in the United Kingdom, in each of the last 10 years;
(3) how many European, Commonwealth, United States, Soviet, Arab, African, Israeli, South American, Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese and Asian diplomats, respectively, accredited to the Court of St. James's have claimed diplomatic immunity in respect of claims for debts allegedly owed by them to individuals, firms or companies in the United Kingdom, in each of the last 10 years;
(4) how many representatives of the United Nations and of other international organisations have claimed diplomatic immunity in respect of claims for debts allegedly owed by them to individuals, firms or companies in the United Kingdom, in each of the last 10 years.
§ Lord BalnielAs the hon. and learned Member will appreciate, considerable242W research is involved in providing the information he seeks and, with permission, I shall, therefore, be in touch with him as soon as possible.