Visas

Question

Asked by

Lord Avebury
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the findings of the Visa Waiver Test, and the outcome of the dialogue on mitigation with Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, announced by the Home Secretary on 10 July. [HL339]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead)
Work on mitigation actions with those countries recommended for the imposition of a visa regime continued for the full six-month mitigation period ending on 2 January 2009. We expect to make announcements on the final outcome of the visa waiver test in the first part of this year.