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be taken into account before a decision
whether to remove or deport was taken.
There should also be a provision that the
need for such an enquiry could be dispensed
with in cases which the Governor certified
involved security considerations and
which in his view could not be the subject
of a judicial enquiry without risk of
damage to the national interest.
5.
Clause 19. HMG have now decided to
amend the United Kingdom Immigration Bill
to provide that citizens of the United
Kingdom and Colonies who belong to
Dependent Territories will cease to be
subject to immigration control after 5
years residence (including any period of
conditional stay) in the United Kingdom.
Ministers consider that the Hong Kong Bill
should accordingly be amended by the
substitution of 5 for 10 years in (b)
of Clause 19.
6. We very much regret that it has not
been possible to send you these comments
earlier. We hope that you will see no
difficulty in points raised in paragraphs
2 and 5 and that you can agree to proceed
accordingly.
7. The proposals in paragraph 4 are
however altogether more significant.
There seem to be 4 possible ways of
proceeding
(a) enact Bill as it stands subject
only to amendment in paragraph
5 above. In this event Ministers
will advise that subsequent
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