§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has given to the personnel of the High Commissions in the Indian sub-continent the same instruction to cease examining applicants, with a view to establishing whether they have borne children and had sexual relations, as he has been given by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to immigration officials in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. LuardImmediately after my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary's statement on 2 February, all our missions in the Indian sub-continent were instructed that they too should not ask for examinations of applicants for entry clearance to establish whether they had borne children or had had sexual relations.