§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will consider setting up an open appeal procedure for those who are refused passports or whose passports are revoked.
§ Miss Joan LestorI am not convinced that the establishment of an appeal procedure would be justified. All cases except those involving criminal investigations or security considerations may be examined by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.
§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT those circumstances in which Her Majesty's Government refuse to issue or revoke a British passport.
§ Miss Joan LestorUnited Kingdom passport facilities may be refused to the following:
- (a) a minor whose journey is known to be contrary to a court order, to the wishes of a parent or other person or authority to whom a court has awarded custody, care and control or other relevant rights, or to the provisions of Section 25(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 or Section 52 of the Adoption Act 1958;
- (b) a person for whose arrest a warrant has been issued in the United Kingdom;
- (c)in very rare cases, a person—other than one in case (e)—whose past or proposed activities are so demonstrably undesirable that the grant or continued enjoyment of passport facilities would be contrary to the public interest;
- (d) a person repatriated at public expense, until the debt has been repaid;
- (e) a person belonging to the categories defined in the statement on "Review Procedure in Passport and Refusal of Entry Cases" in relation to the situation in Southern Rhodesia circulated by Mr. George Thomson, the then Commonwealth Secretary, on 27th June 1968.—[Vol. 767. c. 126–130.]