§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will publish in theOfficial Report the letter from Coventry community relations council, dated 23 November 1987, with reference to the deadline for applications for British nationality, and the reply sent by the assistant private secretary to the Minister of State: and if he will make a statement;
547W(2) what grounds would be considered acceptable as justifying a late application for registration as a British citizen made by Commonwealth and Irish citizens resident in the United Kingdom since 1 January 1973.
§ Mr. RentonNo. The position on the matters dealt with in the correspondence referred to was set out fully in the reply to the hon. Member for Bradford, West (Mr. Madden) on 15 January, at c. 449.