Douglas Carswell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Carswell on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legislative provisions there are to prevent the husband of a child bride bringing that bride into the UK.

James Brokenshire

Under the family Immigration Rules both an applicant for a spouse visa and their sponsor must be aged 18 or over.