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Diplomatic Immunity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has granted any Special Mission Immunity certificates to any (a) visitor or (b) prospective visitor since 1 January 2024.

answeredChris LawForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 27 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 5 Dec 2024
Answer: 11 Dec 2024 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

27 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has granted any Special Mission Immunity certificates to any (a) visitor or (b) prospective visitor since 1 January 2024.
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2024
Answer published
Government officials from any country can apply for and be granted special mission certificates as part of official visits to the UK. As set out in a Written Ministerial Statement by the former Foreign Secretary dated 4 March 2013, a special mission is a ...

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