Free former parliamentarian near Thailand, touring East (6)
I believe the answer is:
exempt
'free' is the definition.
(exempting is a kind of freeing)
'former parliamentarian near thailand touring east' is the wordplay.
'former' becomes 'ex'.
'parliamentarian' becomes 'mp'.
'near thailand' becomes 't' (abbreviation on car registration plates. I am not sure about the 'near' bit.).
'touring' is an insertion indicator (touring can mean going round).
'east' becomes 'e' (synonyms).
'ex'+'mp'+'t'='exmpt'
'exmpt' going around 'e' is 'EXEMPT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for exempt that I've seen before include "may mean the taxman may ignore some charge" , "Free (from, eg, taxes)" , "Grant immunity" , "Not subject to, taxation perhaps" , "Freed from obligation, tax etc" .)