§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Attorney-General, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey of 17 February,Official Report, column 19, what plans his Department has to speed up the determination of appeals against refusals of applications for visitors' visas by visitors to the United Kingdom from Bangladesh.
The Attorney-GeneralThe Lord Chancellor's Department plans to increase by 10 per cent. the staffing resources available to the immigration appellate authorities (IAA), and is improving and expanding the IAA's existing accommodation to provide more hearing rooms for adjudicators. Furthermore, a multi-terminal case-tracking computer system has recently been installed.40W These measures will help the IAA to tackle more effectively their rising workload, including visitor visa appeals from Bangladesh.