§ Viscount Waverleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will list those countries and dependent territories where spouses of (a) United Kingdom diplomats, and (b) other United Kingdom citizens on overseas commercial contracts are precluded from taking paid employment.
§ Lord Chesham(a) Full information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, we have negotiated bilateral arrangements on working spouses with 53 governments which permit spouses of United Kingdom diplomats to take employment.
(b) We have no responsibility for this issue: the information may be obtained from Governments concerned.