To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Mrs. Nazir Begum, born in 1931, applied to the post in Islamabad to visit her nephew in the United Kingdom; when the letter, dated 19 November 1990, from solicitors in Bradford, inquiring about the application was received by the post; when a decision on the application is to be made; and if he will make a statement.

In the absence of any information on this case held in the migration and visa department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, I have asked our high commission in Islamabad for a full report. I will give the hon. Member a substantive reply as soon as possible.