Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to ensure that there is no excessive delay in issuing passports.
As My Rt. Hon. Friend the Home Secretary explained in the House on 12 June, we have agreed a range of measures to deal with the current high levels of demand for passports. I refer the noble Lord to the answer given on 12 June 2014, Official Report, columns 693 and 694.