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PEERAGE OF SIR LAWRENCE KADOORIE AND THE NATIONALITY BILL
1.
The Governor of Hong Kong has discussed with me on the telephone
the idea of encouraging Sir L Kadoorie to take his seat in the House
of Lords in time to take part either in the report stage of the Bill
(6, 7 and 12 October) or the Third Reading (20 October).
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2. After consulting Mr Ridley's PS, I told Sir Murray MacLehose that we
thought it would be a good idea if Sir Lawrence had taken his seat in
time to contribute to the Debate. I also told the Governor about the
Secretary of State's correspondence with Lord Rhodes which leaves open
the question of whether Lord Carrington might be one of Sir L Kadoorie's
sponsors. I then consulted Parliamentary Unit about the procedures for
taking a seat in the Lords and told Sir Murray that Sir Lawrence would
need to get on quickly with a discussion with Garter King of Arms about
his style and title. When that was fixed, Garter King of Arms would
submit to No 10 and The Queen as a result of which instructions would be
given to the Lord Chancellor's Office for the issue of Letters Patent
for the peerage.
Provided that Sir Lawrence got on with this quickly,
there was no technical reason why he should not be introduced by the
beginning of October. Sir Lawrence will be in London from 4-14 August
and Sir Murray is going to speak to him and to Lord Rhodes to try to
encourage them to hurry things up.
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3 August 1981
R D Clift
Hong Kong and General Department
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