asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to improve the time taken by the British High Commission in Islamabad in granting interviews to those wishing to join their families in Great Britain.

My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department informed the House on 6th December 1973 that, in the course of his projected visit to the sub-continent, he would look at the problem of delays in granting interviews to those wishing to join their families in Britain. It is not possible to say more at this stage, as my hon. Friend has only just returned to London.