§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has on the street price level of drugs over the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe price of illicit drugs is difficult to assess and varies widely according to factors such as the locality, the purity of the drugs and the circumstances in which the transaction takes place. A broad indication of prices paid for some of the main drugs of misuse over the last five years, based on information collected by the national drugs intelligence unit, is given in the table. It shows typical street level prices in London and Glasgow.
B437592/IMM/91905, to enter the United Kingdom; when the application was referred to him; and when Mrs. Safina Bi applied to enter the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. RentonMrs. Safina Bi applied at the British embassy in Islamabad on 20 September 1987 for entry clearance to join her husband here for settlement. She was interviewed in Islamabad on 7 February 1988 and the entry clearance officer referred the application to the immigration and nationality department on 21 March 1988 for a decision. Further inquiries were made and the decision to refuse Mrs. Bi's application was sent to the entry clearance officer on 20 March 1989, who will formally notify her of the Department's decision once the papers are received in Islamabad. A letter to Mr. Rashid's solicitors informing them of this decision was sent the same day. Mrs. Bi will be informed of her right of appeal against the Department's decision to the independent appellate authorities.