§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 80 unsuccessful applications for entry clearance from female fiancées in the Indian subcontinent were refused(a) wholly and (b) partly because the entry clearance officer was not satisfied that the primary purpose of the marriage was not immigration.
§ Mr. WaddingtonOf the 80 female fiancées refused entry clearance in the Indian subcontinent in 1986, 10 were528W refused solely on the ground that the primary purpose of the marriage was to obtain admission to the United Kingdom and 10 were refused partly on that ground.
§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the(a) 480 unsuccessful applications from husbands and (b) 1,000 unsuccessful applications from male fiancés for entry clearance in the Indian subcontinent in 1986 were refused (a) wholly and (b) partly because the entry clearance officer was not satisfied that the primary purpose of the marriage was not immigration.
§ Mr. WaddingtonOf the 480 husbands and 1,000 male fiancés refused in the Indian subcontinent in 1986, 430 of the husbands and 840 of the male fiancés were refused solely on the grounds that the primary purpose of the marriage was to obtain admission to the United Kingdom, and 20 of the husbands and 120 of the male fiancés were refused partly on these grounds.