§ 33. Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, under the new regulations for the non-admission of fiancés of certain categories of British women, the following will be exempted (a) women born to British personnel on private contracts abroad, (b) women born to workers in voluntary organisations temporarily working abroad, and (c) women born abroad and adopted by British families resident in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. WhitelawAs I said in my statement about immigration yesterday, I have not overlooked the fact that some girls will have been born abroad because their parents happened to be out of the country at the time of their birth. I would certainly intend to consider cases under (a) or (b) sympathetically for favourable treatment outside the rules where their parents were born in the United Kingdom and the marriage was not contracted for immigration purposes. My attitude to citizens by adoption will depend on the facts of each individual case.
§ 42. Mr. Budgenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he plans to publish a White Paper on immigration.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe White Paper which was published yesterday is not on immigration generally but contains the Government's proposals for changes in the immigration rules. I have published these 713W to enable them to be considered and debated by Parliament before final changes are made.
§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the wives or fiancées of the 9,331 men admitted for settlement in 1978 was born in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. RaisonInformation on the place of birth of wives and fiancées of men accepted for settlement is not collated centrally.