§ Ann KeenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which post will be used as a trial for the tape recording of entry clearance interviews, as recommended in the Fourth report on the Foreign Affairs Committee of Session 1997–98 (HC 515). [93806]
§ Mr. Tony LloydThe entry clearance section at the British Deputy High Commission in Bombay will undertake this trial. The trial will run for a three month period from August until October this year. A further three months will be set aside to allow applicants time to register any observations arising from the trial. An evaluation of the trial should therefore be completed in February 2000.