asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking with regard to the amnesty for illegal entrants.

Anyone who applies under the terms of my announcement of 11th April 1974 can have complete confidence that his case will be looked at carefully and impartially, and that the will receive the benefit of that announcement if he comes within its terms. No one who claims the benefit of my announcement will be expelled from the United Kingdom, whether by formal deportation or otherwise, unless his case has been examined personally by a Minister.