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WITH IT THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES WHICH UMELCO FEAR.
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CERTAIN CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY HONG KONG CROWN AND
OTHER PUBLIC SERVANTS ABOUT THE NEED TO LEAVE SCOPE FOR
REGISTRATION AT THE HOME SECRETARY'S DISCRETION AND UMELCO'S
JISH FOR A REGISTRATION RATHER THAN A NATURALISATION PROCEDURE TO BE ENFORCED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GAINED RIGHT OF
ABODE IN THE UK, WERE TAKEN ON BOARD BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND
PASSED IN COMMITTEE, ALBEIT WITH SOME DIFFICULTY, AS
GOVERNMENT AMENDMENTS. IN RESPECT OF THE FIRST CHANGE THE
BILL NOW GIVES BENEFITS NOT ENJOYED IN CURRENT LEGISLATION.
UK BRITISH NATIONALS
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ON THE QUESTION OF NATIONALS, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY DOUBT
IN OUR MINDS THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE EXISTING DEPENDENCIES ARE
NATIONALS OF THE UK IN THE INTERNATIONAL LAW SENSE OF THE TER:1
USED BY MR LUCE. MINISTERS HAVE ALSO MADE IT CLEAR IN COMMITTEE
THAT BOCS AND OTHER CATEGORIES WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE CONSULAR
CEASE UNDERLINING, TO THE PEOPLE FROM EXISTING DEPENDENCIES.
4. OBJECTIONS TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TERM UK NATIONAL OR
BRITISH NATIONAL OR NATIONAL OF THE UK INTO NORMAL USAGE AS A
NATIONALITY DESCRIPTION STEM HOT FROM ANY DOUBTS OR HESITATION ABOUT THESE COMMITMENTS. THEY ARISE FROM THE FACT, AS THE DEBATES IN COMMITTEE MADE CLEAR, THAT OTHERS IN THE UK AND ELSE-
WHERE HOLD THAT THE MEANING OF, OR CONSEQUENCE ATTACHED TO, THE TERM 'NATIONAL' IN INTERNATIONAL LAW GO MUCH FURTHER THAN THOSE
GIVEN BY MR LUCE. THOUGH THE UNOFFICIALS DO NOT SEEK TO GIVE THE
TERM 'UK NATIONAL' A MEANING REQUIRING THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UK EITHER IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR IN AN EMERGENCY, OTHER CATEGORIES MIGHT WELL DO SO. THE TERM 'NATIONAL' WOULD HAVE TO BE EXTENDED TO BOCS, BPPS ET AL. SOME OF THEM AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WOULD GIVE IT A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION FROM THAT WHICH THE UNOFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE. SO COULD OTHER COUNTRIES. SINCE THERE ARE MAJOR DIFFERENCES OF VIEW ON THIS, WE CANNOT INTRODUCE THE TERM AND THEN ASSUME THAT IT WILL ONLY BE GIVEN THE
INTERPRETATION WHICH WE GIVE IT. A DISCLAIMER IN THE PASSPORT JOULD NOT AVOID THESE PROBLES WHICH HAVE MAJOR IMPLICATIONS FOR
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