Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart on the availability of visa interview appointments at the Indian High Commission in London.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office regularly works with the Government of India (GoI) to consider how to remove barriers in the way of greater co-operation between our two countries and will continue to raise issues such as improving visa services for British Citizens; we will continue to update FCDO Travel Advice on GOV.UK with the latest information. We respect the GoI's right to set its visa policies, just as we would expect the Indian authorities to respect the UK's immigration and visa procedures.