§ 1. Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now allow Mr. N. S. Sandhu to enter the United Kingdom.
§ The Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. David Lane)No, Sir. I can see no grounds for dissenting from the entry certificate officer's decision that Mr. Sandhu is not qualified for admission under the Immigration Rules. But it is open to Mr. Sandhu to make a fresh application, and if that also were refused he would have a right of appeal.
§ Mr. HordernIs it not strange that a person who passed all the necessary formalities and received permission to enter the United Kingdom, but had the misfortune to break his leg, should then, six months later, be refused permission to enter the United Kingdom?
§ Mr. LaneI understand that that was not a material factor in the date of his application, and that he applied for the certificate some months after the withdrawal in January, 1969, of the special concession to Commonwealth husbands and fiancés. If Mr. Sandhu wished to make a fresh application, he would have a right of appeal under the new legislation.