HC Deb 28 February 1977 vol 927 cc12-3W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table of the numbers of citizens of the New Commonwealth and Pakistan accepted for settlement in 1976 on precisely the same basis as the table for 1975 published on page 7 of the White Paper on a Register of Dependants, Command Paper No. 6698.

Dr. Summerskill

I am considering what information for 1976 can readily be made available, and I will write to the hon. Member.

Mr. Lawson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the numbers of people from the New Commonwealth and Pakistan (a) admitted for settlement in the United Kingdom and (b) accepted for settlement in the United Kingdom by revocation of conditions, and also the total of these two categories, for each of the four years from 1973 to 1976 inclusive.

Dr. Summerskill

The information is as follows:

coming to a decision on whether to admit President Amin to the United Kingdom;

(2) when he will announce his decision on whether to admit President Amin to the United Kingdom.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

As to President Amin's coming to the United Kingdom, I would refer the hon. Members to what was said by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 22nd February and 24th February.—[Vol. 926, c. 1217–18, c. 1628–9.] In general, admission to the United Kingdom of people who neither have the right of abode, nor exemption from immigration control, is governed by the Immigration Act 1971 and the Immigration Rules made under it.

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