Diplomatic Immunity
Commons · Question 69421 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
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
Answer
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...