asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will take steps designed to prevent the forgery and sale of fraudulent documents and the unauthorised offering of appointments by touts operating outside the British Embassy in Islamabad;(2) if he will take steps designed to preventing touting outside the British Embassy in Islamabad by unauthorised agents who seek to give the impression to would-be applicants for entry certificates that they are able to supply such certificates when in fact they are unable to do so.

We are aware of, and are concerned at, these activities and others which are prejudicial to United Kingdom immigration control, though not all of them are necessarily illegal. Any preventive action is a matter for the Pakistan authorities, who are well aware of the situation.