§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when his Department will respond to the letter of 9 June 1998 from the right hon. Member for Maidstone and The Weald in respect of Mr. D. A. Ladva; and if he will make a statement about ministerial response times to representations from hon. Members. [50142]
§ Mr. FatchettWe have asked our Deputy High Commission in Bombay for a detailed account of the case. My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State will write to my hon. Friend after this has been received.
We aim to reply to Members' representations on entry clearance matters within 15 working days. In the month of June, we replied to 67 per cent. of representations from hon. Members about entry clearance cases within this target time.