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Diplomatic Immunity

Commons · Question 69421 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2025

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Asked by Zarah Sultana

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many foreign officials have been granted special mission immunity to visit the UK since March 2024; and what the (a) names and (b) country of origin are of those official

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Answered by Seema Malhotra, 8 Sep 2025

The purpose of special missions is a 'temporary mission, representing a state, which is sent by one state to another with the consent of the latter, in order to carry out official engagements on behalf of the sending state'. All visitors granted a special...