§ Mr. Sorefasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will institute a register of concessionary United Kingdom passports to enable this information to be available in future.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleNo. I am not convinced that the extra work and cost of maintaining a separate statistical record would be justified by the purpose served.
§ Mr. Sorefasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the basis for granting concessionary passports.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleThis practice arises from Her Majesty's Government's responsibility to implement the mandatory United Nations Security Council resolution of 29th May 1968, as a result of which the previous administration394W declared invalid all passports issued by the illegal régime in Rhodesia. Her Majesty's Government retained the power, as the responsible authority for Rhodesia, to issue British passports in lieu of the invalidated passports where there were special reasons for doing so.