§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when a solicitor, based in Bradford, visiting Pakistan asked officials at the United Kingdom post in Islamabad to review the refusal of an application by Mrs. Surraya Ashraf and her daughter Miss Noreen Akhtar, ref. GV100/24649, to enter the United Kingdom; when the request to review the application was agreed; what was the outcome of the review; when was that information sent to the solicitor; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BaldryI have asked the entry clearance officer to let me have a report on the applications by Mrs. Surraya Ashraf and her daughter, Miss Noreen Akhtar. 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.