§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) when a decision is going to be taken on the application made to the United Kingdom post in Islamabad by Mrs. Rehana Fiaz—Ref: IMM/C4236—to join her husband in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement; [30067]
(2) when the United Kingdom post in Islamabad requested the Home Office to make inquiries in the United Kingdom into the application for Mrs. Ifat Shaheen Hussain—Ref: IMM/C6283 to join her husband in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. [30068]
§ Mr. BaldryI have asked the high commission at Islamabad for details and will arrange for the hon. Member to receive a substantive reply from the migration and visa correspondence unit as soon as possible.
§ Mr. WinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many refusal decisions and what percentage of visitors' cases he has reversed arising from representations by hon. Members since the right of appeal in such cases was discontinued. [30480]
§ Mr. BaldryThe information requested is not available except at disproportionate cost; but very infrequently my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs asks for cases to be reviewed or decisions reversed as a result of representations from hon. Members.