§ Mr. Jesselasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action is taken to check whether persons for whom diplomatic immunity is claimed are entitled to it.
§ Mr. JohnThere are arrangements with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by which the police may verify claims of immunity as necessary.
§ Mr. Jesselasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date the increase from £2 to £6 in the fixed parking penalty came into force; and 5W how many of the 53,477 fixed penalty notices unpaid in 1975 on grounds of diplomatic immunity were issued before and after that date.
§ Mr. John1st September 1975. Of the total number of fixed penality notices recorded as cancelled on grounds of diplomatic immunity during 1975, 32,687 were issued before that date and 20,790 after.