Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if will make representations to the Swedish authorities on the potential deportation of Kathleen Poole from that country.

Consular officials have been supporting the family of Ms Kathleen Poole since 31 January. On 2 February this case was raised during my meeting with the State Secretary to the Minister for EU Affairs, and on the 15 February by His Majesty's Ambassador to Sweden with the Swedish Authorities. Swedish Immigration laws are a matter for the Swedish Government and the FCDO cannot interfere in laws of another country, just as we would not expect them to interfere in ours.