HC Deb 20 January 1998 vol 304 c510W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the outcome of the review into the position of Gurkha wives seeking to join their husbands when stationed in the United Kingdom. [23510]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

As a concession outside the Immigration Rules, the spouse (together with any dependent children under the age of 18) of a Gurkha serviceman stationed in the United Kingdom would normally be admitted to the United Kingdom and allowed to remain here for the duration of her husband's posting.