Mr. Jacksonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why a British passport has not yet been issued to Mr. H, about whom the hon. Member for Wantage has written to the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in response to Mr. H's application made on 30 December 1982 despite verbal assurances given by the British consulate concerned since June 1983 that the matter was in hand.
Mr. RifkindMy hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State wrote to my hon. Friend on the matter yesterday.