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10 OCT 1984
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DATE: 2 October 1984
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Sir W Harding
Sir J Freeland, Legal Advisers
Mr Houston,
Mr Elliott, FED
Mr Goulden, News Dept
Parliamentary Unit
FUTURE OF HONG KONG: TIMING OF PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES
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1. I submit draft letters to the Lord Privy Seal and to
Lord Whitelaw about the timing of the Parliamentary debates on the
draft agreement on the future of Hong Kong
2.
I submitted on this problem on 19 September. The
Secretary of State decided that leaving the debate until the week
beginning 10 December would be dangerously late. We have therefore
agreed with Hong Kong that the latest date for the submission of
views to the Assessment Office should be 15 November; and that the
reports of the Assessment Office and of the Monitors should reach
Ministers in London early in the
for consideration before debates
week of 26 November to allow time
in the first week of December.
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3. It would be helpful to have an early decision by the Lord Privy
Seal on the date of the House of Commons debate SO that the
Secretary of state can announce the approximate timing in the
statement on the agreement which he proposes to make when the House
reconvenes. (Mr Appleyard wrote to PS/Lord Privy Seal about the
statement on 20 September: no reply has yet been received.) This
would make the handling of Parliament easier. The letter will have
to make clear to Mr Biffen that the week beginning 3 December is the
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