§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to provide for a joint passport to continue to be valid in the event of the demise of the holder for all other persons named on the passport over the age of 16 years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaddingtonIt would be contrary to international passport practice to permit the spouse, or anyone else, to continue to use a family passport after the death of the 581W holder. Moreover, as my right hon. and learned Friend the then Home Secretary informed the House on 24 July 1984 at columns 566–7 the Government's plans for the introduction of a new format machine readable passport mean that the issue of a passport containing particulars of the holder and his or her spouse will have to be discontinued.