§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the right hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Mandelson) told(a) him, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department that the telephone conversation about Mr. S. P. Hinduja's naturalisation application between the right hon. Member and the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, the hon. Member for North Warwickshire (Mr. O'Brien), which took place in June 1998 was private. [155819]
§ Mr. StrawI refer the hon. Member to paragraph 5.775.83 and paragraph 5.209 of Sir Anthony Hammond's report "Review of the Circumstances Surrounding an Application for naturalisation by Mr. S. P. Hinduja in 1998" (HC287) which was published on 9 March 2001.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) for what reasons Mr. S. P. Hinduja's naturalisation application was prioritised in 1998; and if he will make a statement; [155821]
(2) if Mr. S. P. Hinduja's second naturalisation application was prioritised because of the involvement of (a) the right hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Mandelson) and (b) the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, the hon. Member for North Warwickshire (Mr. O'Brien). [155817]
§ Mrs. RocheThe full circumstances of Mr. S. P. Hinduja's 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 5.166 to 5.177 of the review.
The general guidance for handling requests for priority treatment of citizens hip applications is given at Annexe D of the review.