§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will arrange for the British post in Bombay to issue a visit visa to Mrs. Sakina Najmuddin Badruddin so that she can join her family in paying respects to her father who died in the United Kingdom last December;
(2) when Mr. Latifa Begum, who was born on 7 March 1955, and her four children, applied to the British post in New Delhi for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom; and when they will be interviewed;
(3) why Mrs. Zaffar Iqbal Raja, ref. V 431489, was refused a visa by the British post in Islamabad to visit the United Kingdom; what is Mr. Raja's occupation and family circumstances; and if he will reconsider Mr. Raja's application.
§ Mr. EggarIn accordance with the recent guidelines on the handling of representations by Members of Parliament in immigration cases, issued to Members on 14 December 1988, I have referred the question to the correspondence unit of migration and visa department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The hon. Member will receive a reply from the unit in due course.