Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 6 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 October 2006. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 16 October 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.
Serious Organised Crime Agency
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 2 August 2006 to question 88351, whether those Serious Organised Crime Agency staff deployed to Colombia who enjoy diplomatic immunity are subject to UK law.
- Answer
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By virtue of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, all staff with diplomatic accreditation are under a duty to respect local law. SOCA officers stationed overseas are liable, as persons in public employment, to be prosecuted in England for offences committed in the course of their employment overseas.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 450 c1053-4W;450 c1059-60W; 91729
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Colombia Serious Organised Crime Agency
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