Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 26215

Oded Basyuk

Tabled: 23 January 2025
Answered: 31 January 2025

Question

Brian Leishman

LabourAlloa and Grangemouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Israeli Major General Oded Basyuk and his delegation were granted special mission diplomatic immunity for the visit.

Answer

Catherine West
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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