§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the waiting list for the issue of entry certificates from the high commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh and other consular offices, at the latest available date.
§ Mr. RentonThe waiting times are published quarterly in the Home Office bulletin "Control of Immigration: Statistics," a copy of which is available in the Library of the House. At the end of 1984, waiting time to first interview for applicants in the non-priority queue in Dhaka was 23 months; in New Delhi 12 months; in Bombay six months; and in Islamabad 10¾ months. Applicants placed in priority queues were interviewed in six months or less in Bangladesh and in two months in India and Pakistan.
The numbers in the settlement queues in each case were Dhaka 12,972; New Delhi 1,394; Bombay 1,048; Islamabad 6,749; and Karachi 231.