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Please see attached Parliamentary question
Parliamentaryland that
by Lord Beaumont of Whitley. Lord “hepherd's
hax asked if a draft reply sankey
ate Office have asked for the draft reply
On by 7 April.
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to reach them by 7til April.
2.
Three previous Parliamentary Questions have
been asked on the subject of the appointment
of an Ombudsman in Hong Kong. Lord Shepherd
was also questioned on the matter in the House
of Lords in the course of replying to a question
by Lord Brockway in June, 1969 on a more general
issue following the Minister's visit to Hong
Kang during that month. However, the present
Question is clearly a follow-up to another an earlier
about Recent Question by Lord Beaumont on the subject
of the appointment of Ombudsmen in dependent
territories generally; thalQuestion was ans-
wered by Lord Shepherd on 24 March.
3.
I assume that the present question will
be answered; by Lord Chalfont since Lord
willia
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Shepherd is pat available,
is' April.
A draft reply to the question is attached:
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the draft is rather a long one but since the
Question
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reply is written perhaps this does not matter.
Notes for supplementaries are not required.
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