§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 9 June 2003,Official Report, columns 659–60W, on Afghan refugees, when he intends to remove the remaining people. [121804]
§ Beverley Hughes[holding answer 26 June 2003]: There was regrettably a typographical error in the answer of 9 June which significantly changed its intended meaning. The position is that action will be taken to remove the remaining people as soon as it is clear that there is no legal or other barrier to their removal.
The Official Report will be corrected to reflect this. I wrote to the hon. Member on 18 June 2003 apologising for the confusion which this has caused.