§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will request diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom to withdraw those of the families 241W of their members who invoke diplomatic immunity to escape prosecution for crimes of dishonesty.
§ Mr. TomlinsonYes, if all the circumstances warrant it.
§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will list the number of diplomats and the number of members of families of diplomats and the number of other persons with diplomatic immunity in each diplomatic mission currently represented in Great Britain.
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Diplomatic Administrative and Technical Service Staff Afghanistan … … 3 — — Algeria … … 6 — 2 Argentine … … 21 18 — Australia … … 50 102 — Austria … … 12 15 — Bahamas … … 1 1 — Bahrain … … 6 — — Bangladesh … … 14 32 4 Barbados … … 15 1 2 Belgium … … 14 31 — Bolivia … … 7 1 — Botswana … … 3 1 1 Brazil … … 31 114 5 Bulgaria … … 15 25 — Burma … … 5 14 — Cameroon … … 14 6 6 Canada … … 57 77 — Chile … … 11 14 2 China … … 43 29 33 Colombia … … 12 3 2 Costa Rica … … 6 — 1 Cuba … … 11 10 1 Cyprus … … 23 8 1 Czechoslovakia … … 14 50 — Denmark … … 18 16 3 Dominica, Commonwealth of … … 1 — — Dominican Republic … … 5 3 — Ecuador … … 4 1 — Egypt … … 81 31 44 El Salvador … … 2 3 1 Ethiopia … … 7 — 3 Fiji … … 6 — — Finland … … 18 16 — France … … 46 190 — Gabon … … 4 — — Gambia … … 5 1 6 Federal Republic of Germany … … 49 86 1 German Democratic Republic … … 18 17 — Ghana … … 38 23 — Greece … … 24 26 — Grenada … … 3 — — Guyana … … 14 — — Haiti … … 2 — — Honduras … … 5 1 — Hungary … … 14 20 1 Iceland … … 3 2 — India … … 76 332 12 Indonesia … … 15 13 29 Iran … … 27 18 1 Iraq … … 28 63 5 Ireland … … 15 38 — Israel … … 37 28 —
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe numbers of diplomats and other members of diplomatic missions in Great Britain, as notified to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 8th March 1979 is as stated in the table below.
The figures relating to dependants with diplomatic and limited diplomatic immunity were given in my answer of 24 October 1978 to the hon. Member for Beckenham (Mr. Goodhart), namely—approximately 4,800 dependants with full diplomatic immunity and 5,600 dependants with limited diplomatic immunity.—[Vol. 955, c. 804.]
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Diplomatic Administrative and Technical Service Staff Italy 21 72 3 Ivory Coast 8 3 3 Jamaica 29 5 — Japan 44 4 — Jordan 28 38 16 Kenya 21 1 1 Korea 21 1 7 Kuwait 17 — — Laos 2 1 — Lebanon 5 3 3 Lesotho 3 2 — Liberia 6 — 3 Libya 32 20 — Luxembourg 2 — — Malawi 9 — — Malaysia 39 20 — Malta 10 2 — Mauritius 11 4 1 Mexico 25 8 6 Mongolia 3 1 — Morocco 12 7 4 Nepal 4 1 — Netherlands 19 54 — New Zealand 24 13 Nicaragua 1 1 — Nigeria 77 7 8 Norway 19 21 — Oman 18 — — Pakistan 31 46 7 Panama 10 — — Papua New Guinea 3 — — Paraguay 3 — — Peru 19 15 1 Philippines 15 13 7 Poland 28 26 1 Portugal 14 33 10 Qatar 7 — — Romania 13 22 — Saint Lucia 1 — — Saudi Arabia 37 2 — Senegal 7 2 3 Seychelles 3 1 — Sierra Leone 25 — 2 Singapore 7 3 — Somali Democratic Republic 3 — — South Africa 32 18 — Soviet Union 45 48 — Spain 26 106 9 Sri Lanka 15 1 1 Sudan 39 10 2 Swaziland 6 1 1 Sweden 24 12 3 Switzerland 14 26 — Syrian Arab Republic 14 1 — Tanzania 15 — — Thailand 29 17 12 Togo 4 1 1 Tonga 4 — 5 Trinidad and Tobago 16 3 1 Tunisia 5 — — Turkey 41 20 13 United Arab Emirates 12 — — United States 114 215 — Uruguay 3 — — Venezuela 18 24 1 Democratic Republic of Vietnam 7 1 — Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen 7 1 — Yemen Arab Republic 7 — — Yugoslavia 13 23 6 Zaire 9 2 — Zambia 17 — —