§ Mr. KaufmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will reply974W to the letter to him dated 6 November from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to A. K. Akhand and Nuzmol Mahmud. [144333]
§ Mr. MullinI apologise to my right hon. Friend for an administrative error which led to his letter being mistakenly sent to UK visas for advice rather than to the Consular Directorate at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Staff in the Consular Directorate are now making enquiries in connection with the case and that my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary will write to him on completion of these inquiries.