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Mr. Rankin asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consultations were held prior to the promulgation of the emer- gency regulations, including the public ordinance, following the disturbances in Hong Kong in 1967; and if he will make copies of these instruments available to Members of this House.
Mr. Coronwy Roberts: My right hon. Friend the then Commonwealth Secretary was fully consulted before the promulga- tion of Emergency Regulations in con- nection with last year's disturbances in Hong Kong, and before the enactment of the Public Order Ordinance. Copies of the instruments in question are already available in the Library of the House,
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