§ Mr. Peter Reesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what checks local offices of his Department are instructed to make on the first application for an insurance card by an immigrant to see whether the applicant has entered the country illegally.
§ Mr. DeanThe staff of my Department have been instructed to look critically at all first applications for an insurance card made by persons from abroad. It would not be in the public interest to disclose the nature of the steps taken on applications which arouse suspicions of irregularity.