HC Deb 08 March 2000 vol 345 cc663-4W
Mr. Letwin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current status of those passengers on the recently hijacked Afghan airliner who sought asylum. [113575]

Mr. Straw

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Lincoln (Gillian Merron) on 1 March 2000,Official Report, columns 289–91W, in which I provided details of my consideration of the 44 applications for asylum.