Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Home Secretary on former British-Hong Kong armed forces personnel seeking UK (a) residency and (b) citizenship.

I have not held any discussions with my ministerial colleagues at the Home Office on this issue. However, the Home Office Minister of State for Immigration, my hon. Friend, the Member for Scarborough and Whitby (Mr Goodwill) and the former Home Office Minister of State for Immigration, my right hon. Friend, the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (Mr Brokenshire) have received representations in support of the servicemen – both in person and in writing – and they are aware of their concerns.