§ Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Manchester, Central of(a) 27 October 2003 regarding Mr. IHT, reference GV100/81730, (b) 12 December 2003 regarding Ms AY, (c) 13 December 2003 regarding Mrs. EA, (d) 7 November 2003 regarding Mr. MOS, reference Yemen 4781/03 and (e) 4 December 2003 regarding Mr. SM, reference GV100/83947. [158568]
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§ Mr. MullinI apologise that my hon. Friend has not received replies to his letters. The letter concerning Mrs. EA was not received at my office and the letter concerning Mr. MOS was addressed to UKvisas but not initially received there. I now have copies of both letters. UKvisas is making the necessary enquiries with our diplomatic posts overseas. The other three letters were not replied to due to an administration error in UKvisas. I will reply to my hon. Friend on all these cases as soon as possible.