To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list (a) the numbers of people in each queue who are waiting for interviews for entry clearance to Britain and (b) the average waiting time in Bombay, Delhi, Dhaka, Islamabad, Karachi, Calcutta, Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam.

As at 30 September the number of people waiting for interviews for entry clearance to Britain are:

I visited Abu Dhabi from 28 to 29 October. I met Shaikh Zayed, the President of the UAE, and other senior Ministers, who made it clear that bilateral relations remain close and cordial, and should be kept separate from the BCCI affair.