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Mr Wilford
Parliamentary Office
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS
1.
Mr Lamond gave notice this morning of three Questions for.
written answer today. The Parliamentary Office have suggested
that if at all possible we should provide the answers for
inclusion in tomorrow's Hansard. This means that we should
aim at obtaining Mr Royle's approval by the close of play today.
The Parliamentary Office say that no background note is
required.
2.
The proposed reply to the Question about an ombudsman
is taken from Sir Murray MacLehose's brief for the Secretary
of State. This is attached.
3.
The proposed reply to the Question about constitutional
development has been used many times before. The text of
the reply given by Mr Whitlock on 2 July 1968 in response to
a Question from Mr Rankin is attached. This same point came
up during the debate in the House of Lords on the dependent
territories in January 1971. On that occasion Lord Lothian
referred to "the rather special circumstances of Hong Kong"
4. The proposed reply to the Question about increasing the
number of Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council ducks
the point of the Question. I suggest that we should deal with
the
this in/general terms proposed because Sir Murray MacLehose
has in fact submitted proposals for an increase in the number
of members of the Legislative Council (I am submitting
separately on this).
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