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USSR Citizens (Diplomatic Immunity) Mr. Brotherton asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many citizens of the Soviet Union are residing in the United King- dom with diplomatic immunity in the latest year for which figures are avail- able and how this position compares with that in the previous year.
Mr. Tomlinson: As at 5th May 1978, there were 93 members of the Soviet
Embassy and a total of 172 dependants, with diplomatic immunity notified to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
As the number of home-based mem- bers of the Soviet Embassy has not changed in the last year, the figure for dependants will also have remained basi- cally the same.
Fishing Vessel "Regent Bird”
Mr. Henderson asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contact, advice or assistance was offered to the skipper and crew of the Peterhead fishing vessel "Regent Bird following their arrest in the early hours of 28th April 1978.
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Mr. Judd: When the consul in Bergen was informed by the local police of the arrest of the Regent Bird" he tele- phoned the skipper and offered his assist- ance. The skipper's only request was that a message be passed to the owners
about the trawler's arrest and asking
them to contact him. This was done.
Oslo and Bergen (Diplomatic Staff) Mr. Henderson asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of the staff at the embassy at Oslo and the consulate at Bergen were on duty on 28th April 1978.
Mr. Judd: At Oslo, 29. At Bergen, five.
Mr. Henderson asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the staffing of the British embassy at Oslo and the consulate at Bergen.
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Hong Kong
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if there were any prosecutions in Hong Kong for the years 1975 and 1976 for taking a person in or out of the colony for the purposes of prostitution; and what was the average sentence or fine.
Mr. Luard: There was one unsuc- cessful prosecution in 1975 and no prosecution in 1976.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the estimated number of prosti- tutes in Hong Kong; how many are thought to be non-Chinese; what is the estimate of the number of brothels cur- rently in operation; how many persons were charged with operating a brothel in the years 1975 and 1976; and how many prosecutions were brought for living on immoral earnings in those years.
Mr. Luard: No estimate of the num- ber of prostitutes in Hong Kong or of their nationality is available. It is not possible to estimate accurately the number of brothels in operation. 360 people were charged with operating a brothel in 1975 and 1,058 in 1976. There were 66 charges, involving 37 people, for living on immoral earnings in 1975 and 71, involving 46 people, in 1976.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if it is the practice that when girls below the age of 16 years are found in brothels in Hong Kong, proven customers are charged with carnal knowledge; and how many such cases there have been in 1975 and 1976.
Mr. Luard: Proven customers of girls below the age of 16 found in brothels are charged with carnal knowledge, but statistics of the numbers prosecuted in these circumstances are not available.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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