§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the latest figure for the number of men refused permission to Britain because it is considered that their primary purpose in getting married is mainly or partly to achieve entry to the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. WaddingtonEight hundred and ninety husbands and fiancés were refused entry clearance in the Indian sub-continent in 1984 solely on the grounds that the primary purpose of the marriage was to obtain admission to the United Kingdom, and 90 were refused partly for this reason. Corresponding information for countries outside the Indian sub-continent is not available.