§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will arrange for Mrs. Parveen Akhtar Ahmed, the wife of Mr. Tariq Hussain Ahmed, of Bradford to be interviewed at the high commission in Islamabad as a matter of urgency; when Mrs. Ahmed was granted a visa to join her husband in the United Kingdom; whether her passport carries a stamp confirming that she has been granted indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom; if he will arrange for Mr. Ahmed to be given full information about what documentation is required before Mrs. Ahmed attends an interview to determine when she is to be granted permission to rejoin her husband; for how long Mrs. Ahmed has been seeking to return to the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydIn the absence of any information in London about Mrs. Parveen Akhtar Ahmed's application for entry clearance, I have asked the British high commission in Islamabad to let me have a report. I shall arrange for the hon. Member to receive a substantive reply from the migration and visa correspondence unit of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as soon as possible.