§ Lord AVEBURYasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will state the waiting period for which those interviewed immediately before 31st December 1978 had waited, in the priority, main 1381WA settlement, husbands and fiancés immigration queues respectively, at Dacca, New Delhi, Bombay, Islamabad and Karachi respectively, and what interview dates are now being given to those now applying in each category at each post.
INTERVIEWED AT END DECEMBER 1978 (time in months) Priority queue Main settlement queue Husbands queue Fiance's queue Dacca … … … 6 20 None interviewed None interviewed New Delhi … … … No delay 5 10½ 10½ Bombay … … … No delay 4½ 11¾ 11¾ Islamabad … … … 3½ 19 19 21½ Karachi … … … 3½ 19 19 21½
APPLIED AT END DECEMBER 1978 Priority queue Main settlement queue Husbands queue Fiances queue Dacca … … … 7 22 22 24 New Delhi … … … No delay 9 19 19 Bombay … … … 1½ 5 11¾ 11¾ Islamabad … … … 2⅔ 22 22 26 Karachi … … … 2⅔ 22 22 26