§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many accredited diplomats have been expelled in each of the last 10 years; and which countries they represented.
§ Mr. RifkindThe numbers of accredited diplomats expelled were as follows:
Numbers 1974–77 none 1978 7 1979 none 1980 1 1981 1 1982 1 1983 5 1984 2 The countries involved were Iraq, Libya, the USSR and Czechoslovakia.
It would not be in the public interest to go into further detail.