§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will explain the difference between remaining permanently in the United Kingdom and remaining indefinitely in the United Kingdom as used in different versions of form IMM 72;
(2) what are the reasons for deleting "the time limit and conditions attached to your leave to enter the United Kingdom has been removed" and substituting "you have been given leave to remain in the United Kingdom for an indefinite period" in form IMM 72;
(3) how many man-hours would have been saved by leaving form IMM 72 in its original form rather than changing the opening paragraph for no purpose.
§ Dr. SummerskillForm IMM 72 as originally drafted is used by the Immigration and Nationality Department to inform people who have a limited leave under the Immigration Act 1971 to enter or remain, and who are eligible for settlement, that the time limit and conditions attached to their stay have been removed.
A second version of the form, for use where the period for which a person was given limited leave to remain has expired before he makes his application, was made necessary by the recent judgment of the House of Lords in Suthendran v. Immigration Appeal Tribunal.
143WThe term "remaining permanently" is used in the form to explain the effect of granting, in accordance with Section 3(1)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971, an indefinite leave to remain.
The hon. Member's third Question is based on a false premise.