§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will instruct the passport office at Newport to provide without further delay a new passport for Mrs. Linda Bowen of 11 Brakefield, South Brent, South Devon, for which she applied in mid March, whose application was acknowledged on 10 April and whose payment cheque was cashed on 15 April.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe Newport passport office experienced some difficulty in locating Mrs. Bowen's application. I understand, however, that her new passport was issued and posted to her on 13 May.