Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered am ar 18 Hydref 2019.
Nicholas Dakin
Opposition Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on which dates US citizen Anne Sacoolas held diplomatic status in the UK.
Heather Wheeler
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The US member of staff and his family were notified to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on arrival in the UK by the US Embassy under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. His spouse had immunity while in the UK. Immunity ended when she returned to the US.
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