UGANDAN DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS IN THE UK

That this House notes the Prime Minister's letter published in The Times on 2nd June, which says that the extension of the maximum length of pre-charge detention is necessary because `the police find themselves investigating multiple identities and passports'; notes the 29th February 2008 conviction in the UK of Rose Birungi, former aide to General Salim Saleh, President Museveni's brother and State Minister for microfinance, who has been sentenced to 12 years for trafficking Class A cocaine while travelling on a Ugandan diplomatic passport; further notes the recent statement by the Uganda Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Okello Oryem that his government does not know how many people have diplomatic passports; fears that these passports could fall into terrorists' hands; and calls on the Government to check routinely everyone entering or leaving the UK while carrying a Ugandan diplomatic passport.