§ Mr. WinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the hon. Member for Walsall, North will receive a reply to his letter of 14 May, ref. 7870/97. [7456]
§ Mr. MichaelI replied to the hon. Member's letter on 7 July.
§ Mr. RooneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what instructions were given to Leeds/Bradford Airport immigration officers following the telephone conversation with his private office by the hon. Member for Bradford, North on 4 July concerning Zaffer Iqbal, Home Office ref. J270919. [7768]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienI am given to understand that, following the hon. Member's telephone call to my private office on 4 July, it was agreed that he would discuss Mr. Iqbal's immigration status with Mr. Iqbal himself and members of his family on 5 July and make further contact with my private office if he wished to make representations about the case. No agreement was given522W to defer arrangements for Mr. Iqbal's removal to Pakistan as an illegal entrant, which had been arranged for 16.40 hours on Sunday, 6 July.
My private office advised the Immigration Service at Leeds/Bradford airport of the hon. Member's interest in this case and that there might be further contact as a result.
In the event, I understand that the hon. Member did not make further contact with my private office and that his office did not make contact with the Immigration Service at Leeds/Bradford Airport before Mr. Iqbal's departure.