§ Mr. ThurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will issue instructions to the entry clearance section in the British embassy in Bucharest to expedite the documentation required by prospective adoptive parents of Romanian orphans so that their entry clearance certificates may be issued before 19 December.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe British embassy in Bucharest processes entry clearance applications relating to the adoption of Romanian children as quickly as possible. There is no scope for expediting the process further. In any case, prospective adopters should not be unduly delayed by the holiday season, since we understand that the Romanian courts will close only on 24 and 25 December and 1 and 2 January.