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Mr Murray
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PS/Lord Goronwy-Roberts
HONG KONG: MP'S LETTER
1. Mr Jack Ashley MP the Secretary of State
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MR JACK ASHLEY MP
KEPRIVED IN
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14 FEB 1977
HKK 210),
(Labour Stoke-on-Trent South) wrote to
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for Trade on 19 January enclosing a letter from Mrs J Owen of Maidstone, Kent about child labour in Hong Kong. Mr Ashley's letter has been passed to the FCO for
reply.
2.
Mrs Owen says in her letter that she was prompted to write by the Granada TV "World in Action" programme on child labour in Hong Kong broadcast on 13 December last (my submission of 21 December refers). It was agreed that Mr Luard's replies to Mr Robert Parry's Questions on child labour on 8 December last, which anticipated the showing of the Granada TV programme, should
A number of be used to answer any enquiries about the subject. letters from members of the public have been dealt with in this way. In addition to sending Mr Ashley the relevant extracts from Hansard, I suggest that he should be informed of the
various measures that the Hong Kong Government is taking to deal
with the different aspects of the child labour problem.
(Lord Goronwy-Roberts' reply of 2 February to a similar letter from Mr Jack Dempsey MP is relevant.)
3. I submit a draft letter for Lord Goronwy-Roberts' signature.
D.F. Mitton
D F Milton
Hong Kong Department
9 February 1977
Cc:
PS/Mr Luard