Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 15 May 2006.
Is there anything special about the IND, because it seems to lose a large number of files? In approximately one in 20 cases with which I deal, I receive an answer saying that the file has been mislaid or lost. Something has gone wrong, as that increases the backlog and people's frustration. My constituents may be prepared to wait if they know that their case is being considered, but it is dreadful for their file to be lost or mislaid, so something must be done.