HC Deb 12 July 1956 vol 556 cc44-5W
58. Mr. W. Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why no decision upon their application for an extension of permit to stay in this country has yet been communicated to two Iraqi students whose permits expired on 31st March, 1956.

Major Lloyd-George

The main reasons for the delays were, in one case, the need to verify the validity of the student's passport and, in the other, the unfortunate and regrettable mislaying of the student's application in the Department. I very much regret the inconvenience caused to these students, each of whom has now been given an extension of his stay to 31st December.

62. Mr. W. Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases during 1956, to the nearest convenient date, he has withdrawn the permit to stay in the United Kingdom of an alien married to a woman of British birth.

Major Lloyd-George

As I have explained on previous occasions, immigration statistics are not kept in such detail as to enable me to give this information.