§ Mr. Silvesterasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what, on the basis of past experience, is his estimate of the number of dependants of immigrants already resident who will take up their right to immigrate in each of the years 1969 to 1973.
§ Mr. CallaghanAs I stated in reply to a Question by the hon. Member for Twickenham (Mr. Gresham-Cooke) on 12th December, past experience suggests that the arrival of dependants is spread over the eight to ten years following the arrival of the voucher holder. It is not possible at present to make a precise esti-506W mate of the number who will seek to enter the United Kingdom in a particular year.—[Vol. 775, c. 570–1.]