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H.O. EST. 112
IMMIGRATION RULES
At the meeting on 14 June H Committee approved the proposals in my memorandum H(82) 28 for changes in the Immigration Rules to be incorporated in new Rules when the
British Nationality Act is brought, into force on 1 January 1983. I now attach a draft of the White Paper foreshadowed in that memorandum. Part I summarises the changes being
made and Part II gives the full text of the new Rules, changes from the wording of the present Rules being underlined
The Annex to this letter gives some comments on the
changes described in Part I of the White Paper.
I hope the
controversy will be largely confined to the main change approved by H Committee on the admission of the husband or
fiance of a British citizen, but the changes regarding nationals of European Community countries though not altering
our present practice/may provide a focal point for expression
of anti-Community feeling.
As to timing, we have as H Committee asked consulted the Lord Privy Seal, who is content with the proposal to publish the White Paper shortly after the Party Conference, in the
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