HC Deb 24 October 1995 vol 264 cc541-2W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he was informed that Scotland Yard had allowed Rohan Thomas into the United Kingdom to help with investigations that were being undertaken by the Metropolitan police; and on what date he granted permission. [38391]

Mr. Maclean

The granting of leave to enter this country is a matter for the immigration service alone. Rohan Thomas presented a passport in a false identity and was given leave to enter the United Kingdom for six months as a visitor on 28 March 1993. The immigration service was informed of his true identity a few days later. He was served with notice of intention to remove him as an illegal entrant after he was apprehended on 19 June 1993.