HC Deb 30 January 1996 vol 270 c700W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the incidences since 1979 when Her Majesty's Government have(a) refused an asylum application and (b) revoked an existing residency or asylum permission granted to a foreign national as a result of the overriding interests of British diplomatic or trade relationships with the country of origin of the individuals concerned. [8646]

Miss Widdecombe

No asylum application has been refused and no grant of refugee status has been revoked on foreign relations or economic grounds.