§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the British post in Islamabad received a copy of a letter from the hon. Member for Bradford, West to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, concerning the case of Mr. Sodagar Hussain—IMP H 312018/2 (S); Po 13775/93; what reconsideration the entry clearance officer has given to this case; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe high commission in Islamabad has not yet received the letter from the hon. Member concerning Mr. Sodagar Hussain which my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office undertook to send in his letter to the hon. Member of 5 July.
I shall arrange for the hon. Member to receive a substantive reply from the migration and visa correspondence unit as soon as the entry clearance officer in Islamabad has reviewed the case in the light of the hon. Member's letter.