§ Mr. Pagetasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when Frau Sirkka Hoppner, formerly of 20a, Mendelsohn Strasse, Hanover, and now of No. 9, First Turn, Spratton, Northants, may expect to receive the divorce papers which she lodged with Passport Control Officer, Berlin, as proof of her capacity to many when a visa was granted to her; and whether he will take steps to expedite the return of these papers, in view of the fact that Frau Hoppner's marriage has had to be postponed by reason of their non-production.
§ Mr. EdeI understand that the document to which my hon. Friend refers was sent back to Mrs. Hoppner from the Passport Control Officer in Germany last January. The local Superintendent Registrar, however, did not feel able to accept it as conclusive proof that Mrs. Hoppner was free to marry and the Registrar-General therefore arranged for it to be sent back to Germany for an endorsement, to show that the decree of divorce had been made final. The document, duly endorsed, is on its way back from Germany; and the Superintendent Registrar had been advised that the marriage may now proceed.