HM Passport Office: Backlogs - Commons Urgent Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 5:59 pm on 12 May 2022.

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Photo of Lord Paddick Lord Paddick Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Home Affairs) 5:59, 12 May 2022

My Lords, at the end of 2020, when the Passport Office realised that it was 2 million short of its normal applications, why did it not encourage people to apply early, anticipating the problems that we now see?