HC Deb 18 July 1984 vol 64 cc245-6W
Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what date or dates Mrs. Elmismari was notified to his Department as a member of the administrative and technical staff of the Libyan People's Bureau; whether she was in post at the time of the shooting; on what date she left the United Kingdom; and what were her actual whereabouts at the time she was notified of the requirement to leave.

Mr. Luce

Mrs. Mabruka Mohamed Giuma (Mrs. Elmismari), was notified to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 21 March 1983 as an official in the administrative section of the Libyan People's Bureau.

She was in post at the time of the shooting on 17 April and left the United Kingdom on 27 April. We have no information about her whereabouts at the time the staff of the Libyan People's Burean were notified of the requirement to leave.

Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what date or dates the following persons listed in his answer of 26 March, Official Report, column 82–83, as having full diplomatic status but not listed as having departed from the Libyan People's Bureau on 27 April under police supervision, left the United Kingdom; namely, Messrs Mouloud Aldowadi, Hameda Zlitni, Aboshnief Elkezza, Mohamed Benhamed, Mansur Ahmed, Omar Sodani, Abdelghadr Kiaralla, Ibrahim Abourzizaa, Bashir Abuminigil and Mohamed Abdelgiawad; and what were the whereabouts of each when notified of the requirement to depart.

Mr. Luce

The persons listed left the United Kingdom on the following dates:

Date
Mr. Mouloud M. Aldowadi 26 April
Mr. Hameda B. Zlitni 29 April
Mr. Aboshnief Elkezza 26 April
Mr. Mansur Ahmed Ahmed 26 April
Mr. Omar M. Ahamaida Sodani 26 April
Mr. Ibrahim A. Abourzizaa 26 April
Mr. Bashir M. Abuminigil 27 April
Mr. Mohamed M. Abdelgiawad 27 April

Mr. Mohamed K. Benhamed was not in the United Kingdom at the time of the break in diplomatic relations with Libya on 22 April. We have no precise information about the whereabouts of the others when notified of the requirement to depart, except for Mr. Abumingil and Mr. Abdelgiawad, who were in the bureau at the time, and Mr. Zlitni, who was called to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to be informed of the break in relations. Mr. Abdelghadr Kiaralla was allowed to remain in the United Kingdom, and was notified to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 3 May as a member of the Libyan interests section of the royal embassy of Saudi Arabia. His removal from the United Kingdom within 14 days was requested on 7 July.

Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what date Mr. Elmismari, described as a garage attendant, was notified to his Department as having diplomatic immunity by virtue of being the husband of a member of the administrative and technical staff of the Libyan People's Bureau.

Mr. Luce

Mr. Elmismari was notified to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as the husband of Mrs. Mabruka Mohamed Giuma, a member of the administrative and technical staff, on 21 March 1983.