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HM Passport Office Backlog

Proceeding contribution from Alex Sobel (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 June 2022. It occurred during Opposition day on HM Passport Office Backlog.

My hon. Friend is telling the stories of so many of our hon. Friends. I could not be here earlier in the debate, but I want to share a story from my constituency. Many of my constituents are frequent business travellers or academics. They cannot release their passport for 10 weeks. Many of them have been trying to get a one-week

appointment online so that they can go in person and sort it out, but those appointments are not available online; nobody can get them, even though they cost double what a normal passport does. Is that not also a massive issue for frequent travellers?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c201 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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