Sir Mark Spencer corrected the Commons record on Business of the House
The correction was made by letter from the Leader of the House, and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 4 July 2022. The figure £39 billion in the original became £37 billion in the correction. Altogether 2 words differ between the two versions.
The question
I received a letter from Her Majesty’s Passport Office yesterday in response to 17 different inquiries about missing passports on behalf of my constituents. Some of these 17 answers date back to inquiries submitted in March. We are still getting inquiries, on an almost daily basis, from constituents who are worried about their missing passports. The situation does not seem to have improved since I first raised it in the House back in late February or early March. Can we have a statement from the Home Secretary on what is being done to improve the situation? Whatever has been done already is not working.
Original and corrected words
Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.
| Original | Corrected |
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| The Government are very much aware of this issue, which was raised a number of times at Treasury questions this week. That is why the Treasury is looking at the way in which these things are calculated. It is also why we are investing | The Government are very much aware of this issue, which was raised a number of times at Treasury questions this week. That is why the Treasury is looking at the way in which these things are calculated. It is also why we are investing £37 billion to support people with the cost of living challenge that we face. |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/debates/debate/70FCBA2D-E7B1-4DCB-A7B5-E902EC109A67.json |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
| SHA-256 | 5f18553048fa7b643aebda1eeb72e2cdd63bfaf369fb6191d64b65a172a2a9cd |