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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
for [WRITTEN answer22 January 1974
sống tinh
The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by
Noon Wed 23/1
Mr Andrew Faulds (Smethwick): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to be able to make a statement on the investigation into the way laws are made and administered in Hong Kong.
Mr. Peter Blake
Under the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1917 to 1971, the
Governor, acting with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Council, has power to make laws for the peace,
order and good government of the colony, and any law to
which the Governor has assented may be disallowed by
Her Majesty. All important measures enacted by the
Hong Kong legislature are subject to scrutiny in London.
No investigation into the general law-making process is
at present being carried out, but there have been recent
changes in Hong Kong laws designed to speed up the
administration of justice.
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22/1.
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