§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many diplomats officially accredited to missions in London and of what nationality have been expelled from the United Kingdom in each year since 1965.
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§ Mr. BaldryI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 18 JanuaryOfficial Report, column 498, which detailed the number and nationality of expelled accredited diplomats between 1979 and 1995.
The information requested was not centrally recorded before 1972, but the number of diplomats officially accredited to missions in London who were expelled between 1972 and 1978 is as follows:
- 1972: Yemen 1
- 1973: Cuba 1
- 1974: nil
- 1975: nil
- 1976: nil
- 1977: nil
- 1978: Iraq 7
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many United Kingdom diplomats officially credited to missions in foreign countries have been expelled from(a) Libya, (b) the former Soviet Union, (c) Czechoslavakia, (d) Bulgaria, (e) Cuba, (f) Vietnam, (g) Iraq, (h) Iran, (i) South Africa, (j) Sudan and (k) Iran since 1979; and on what dates and for what stated reasons.
§ Mr. GoodladIt will take some time to gather this information. I will write to the hon. Gentleman when it has been compiled.
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons the Foreign Office expels diplomats officially accredited to missions in London.
§ Mr. BaldryThe rules governing the expulsion, or requests for withdrawal, of diplomats officially accredited to missions in London are set out in paragraph 69 of the 1985 White Paper on diplomatic immunities and privileges, Cmnd 9497, dated April 1985.