Major Reginald Dunk and Mr. Alexander Schlesinger (Hansard, 19 July 1994)

§ Mr. Menzies Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what investiga-tions into the conduct of his Department he proposes to carry out following the acquittal on appeal of Major Reginald Dunk and Mr. Alexander Schlesinger.

§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd
The Court of Appeal has yet to deliver its reasoned judgment. We shall consider whether to make any changes in the light of that judgment.

§ Mr. Menzies Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what changes in the policy and practice of his Department he proposes to institute following the acquittal on appeal of Major Reginald Dunk and Mr. Alexander Schlesinger.
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the case to the Home Office and the requested information being received by the post, (c) decision after first interview and (d) for the explanatory statement prepared by the post in the case of appeal against any refusal to be despatched to the immigration appellate authorities in the United Kingdom.

§ Mr. Charles Wardle
I have been asked to reply.
The only information which is available centrally is on expected waiting times to interview for applicants applying in the Indian sub-continent. This information is published in table 2.5 of the Home Office statistical bulletin issue 9/94, "Control of Immigration: Statistics—Third and Fourth Quarters and Year 1993", a copy of which is in the Library. Statistics for the first and second quarters of 1994 will be published in October.

§ Mr. Allen
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many(a) men, (b) women and (c) children were waiting in each queue at each post in the Indian sub-continent on 31 March or the latest convenient date.

§ Mr. Charles Wardle
I have been asked to reply.
The information requested is given in the table. No information is available centrally on the gender of applicants in queues. In Calcutta there are no applicants awaiting first interview. Information on the number of applicants in Karachi is not centrally available but all applicants are expected to receive a first interview within three weeks.

§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd
I refer the hon. and learned Gentleman to my answer to his previous question. Any investigation must similarly await the reasoned judgment of the Court of Appeal.