§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men applying for entry clearance in the Indian sub-continent in the first and second quarters of 1984 as (a) husbands and (b) fiancés were refused (i) wholly and (ii) partly because the primary purpose of the marriage was held to be immigration to the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. WaddingtonIn the first quarter of 1984 in the Indian sub-continent, 60 husbands and 190 fiancés were refused entry clearance under the 1983 immigration rules solely because the primary purpose of the marriage was to obtain admission to the United Kingdom, and a further 30 fiancés were refused partly because of this reason. Data for the second quarter of 1984 are not yet available.