§ Mr. KaufmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will reply to the letter to him dated 7 October 2003 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Abu Nayem. [142951]
§ Mr. MullinI would like to apologise to my right hon. Friend for not having replied to his letter of 7 October to my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary about Mr. Abu Nayem.
As a result of an administrative error a package containing a number of my right hon. Friend's letters was lost in transit between the Foreign Secretary's office and UKvisas, the department responsible for entry clearance matters arising overseas. The letters that were lost have been identified and copies have been sent to UKvisas. I can assure my right hon. Friend that the Foreign Secretary will write to him in the next few days on this case.
§ Mr. KaufmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when will he reply to the letter to him dated 7 October 2003 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr. Mukhtar Ahmed Rana. [142952]
§ Mr. MullinI can confirm that my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary replied on 3 December 2003 to my right hon. Friend's letter of 6 October 2003 with regard to Mr. Mukhtar Ahmed Rana.
§ Mr. ArbuthnotTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will reply to the letters from the right hon. Member for North-East Hampshire of 7 April and 22 July, regarding his constituent Dr. McGarry. [143750]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe reply was sent to the right hon. Member on 10 December 2003. I apologise for the delay in replying.