§ Mr. Marlowasked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will institute a procedure whereby those who prefer can be issued with blue-covered passports without the words 'European Community' superimposed after 1985.
§ Sir Ian GilmourNo. This would be inconsistent with the terms of the resolution on the introduction of a common format for national passports of European Community member States, signed on 23 June 1981.