§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason G. P. Hinduja's passport application was considered more rapidly than the average. [154319]
Mrs. Roche [holding answer 19 March 2001]I presume that the right hon. Member is referring to the application for naturalisation made by Mr. G. P. Hinduja.
The full circumstances of the naturalisation application are detailed in Sir Anthony Hammond's Review, which was published on 9 March 2001.
The detail of the priority afforded to the application is given at paragraphs 4.2, 4.9, 5.166 and 5.169 of the Review.
The general guidance for the handling of requests for priority treatment of citizenship applications is given at Annex D of the Review.
Having been granted British citizenship, Mr. Hinduja was then eligible to apply for a British passport.