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23 JANUARY 1980
DIS EXCOMMISSIONER
FOLLOWING SHORTLY WILL BE THE FULL TEXT OF THE SPEECH TO BE GIVEN DY SIR PAUL 3RHAN DUR INC THE COMMONS DEBATE ON THE NATIONALITY BILL. SIR PAUL IS DUE TO SPEAK AT AROUND 1900 GMT AND WE WILL FLASH YOU AS SOON AS HE HAS SPOKEN. WOULD YOU PLEASE ARRANGE APPROPRIATE DISTRIBUTION OF SIR PAUL'S SPEECH.
FULL TEXT OF SPEECH OF SIR PAUL BRYAN IN HOUSE OF COMMONS ON 29 JANAUARY 1901 ON THE NATIONALITY 3ILL:
MR SPEAKER, I ADDRESS THE HOUSE IN MY CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF . THE ALL PARTY HONGKONG GROUP.
WE IN THIS HOUSE ARE NOT ALL AGREED AS TO WHAT FORM THIS BILL SHOULD TAKE BUT WE ARE. AGREED THAT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO BRING OUT NATIONALITY LAWS UP TO DATE. THIS MAY SEEM OBVIOUS TO US BUT I MUST TELL THE HOUSE THAT IS FR FROM 03VIOUS TO THE PEOPLE OF HONGKONG. I HAVE FREQUENTLY BEEN ASKED IF. AS YOU SAY, OUR STATUS AND RIGHTS ARE UNAFFECTED BY THE BILL WHY MUST THE DESCRIPTION ON OUR PASSPORTS BE CHANGED? THERE MUST BE SOME HIDDEN MOTIVE BEHIND THIS LEGISLATION..
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THE MAIN PURPOSE OF MY SPEECH IS TO GET FROM THE HOME SECRETARY THE ASSURANCE THAT NO SUCH HIDDEN MOTIVE EXISTS - - AND SEVERAL OTHER ASSURANCES AS WELL.
BEREXONIGTERESTED IN THIS BILL. FIRSTLY
BECAUSE ANY ALTERATION IN CITIZENSHIP MEANS A LOT TO THE PEOPLE IN PRACTICAL TERMS.
IT IS HARD FOR US WITH OUR BRITISH PASSPORTS; OUR 'UNQUESTIONED NATIONALITY AND RIGHT OF ABODE, TO UNDERSTAND THE STRENGTH AND DEPTH OF THE FEELINGS OF THOSE WHO CANNOT TAKE THESE RIGHTS FOR GRANTED.
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