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Mr. Atkinson
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria have been given to adjudicators under the Immigration Appeals (Procedure Rules against which they are to decide whether or not a person is fit to appear before the adjudicator to represent an appellant.
Mr. Alexander W. Lyon
None. Under Rule 26 of the Immigration Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1972, the grant of leave to a person other than a barrister, solicitor, consular officer or member of the UKIAS to act on behalf of an appellant is at the discretion of the appellate authorities.