§ Mr. KaufmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) when he will reply to the letter to him dated 7 October from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs. R. F. Nayeem; [138455]
(2) when he will reply to the letter to him dated 6 October from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs. F. Begum; [138457]
(3) when he will reply to the letter to him dated 2 October from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr. Tufail Choudhary. [138458]
§ Mr. MullinI can confirm that as a result of an administrative error, no replies were sent to my right hon. Friend's letters of 2, 6, 7 October to my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary about Mr. Tufail Choudhary, Mrs. F. Begum and Mrs. Ruzi Farzana Nayeem.
It would appear that a package containing a number of my right hon. Friend's letters was lost while in transit between my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary's office and UKvisas, the department responsible for entry clearance matters arising overseas. The letters that were lost have now been identified and copies have been sent to UKvisas. I can assure my right hon. Friend that my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary will write to him in the next few days on this case.