Oral Answers to Questions — Rumania – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 21 Mawrth 1945.
Sir Malcolm Robertson
, Mitcham
12:00,
21 Mawrth 1945
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the British political agent at Bucharest has diplomatic status; and, if so, what is that status; and whether his official residence is regarded by the Rumanian Government as ex-territorial carrying with it the right of asylum.
Mr Richard Law
, Kingston upon Hull South West
His Majesty's Government are not in diplomatic relations with the Rumanian Government, since our relations with Rumania are governed by a military armistice. The British Political Representative does not, therefore, possess diplomatic status, but he enjoys all the usual diplomatic privileges and immunities. His official residence is certainly extra-territorial.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
