PASSPORT OFFICE PROVISION IN SLEAFORD AND NORTH HYKEHAM CONSTITUENCY

Early day motion 337, tabled 29 November 2006 by Viscount Hailsham (Conservative). Signed by 6 members.

That this House notes with concern that under current plans from 2007 all first-time applicants for a passport will need to have a personal interview and that from 2009 all applicants for a passport, including renewals, will need the same; further notes that within the constituency of Sleaford and North Hykeham there is no provision for an interview office with the nearest proposed offices being in Lincoln, Peterborough and Boston; and calls on Ministers to reconsider these proposals and, at the very least, to make provision for interview offices in Sleaford and Grantham and for a video-link to some of the major villages in that constituency.

Signatures by party: Conservative 5, Labour 1.