(c)
(d)
(e)
a draft before Order in Council is laid before House,
is
unacceptable: would be impossible to debate individual points
separately.
Creation of British National (Overseas) status
status is calculated
to deceive: it is form of British nationality that has
virtually no content.
It will be argued that holders of new passports will have
implicit right to
to enter UK; repudiation will mean discredit to UK and disappointment to Hong Kong people.
Would support legislation to prevent statelessness.
GEORGE ROBERTSON
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(E)
(g)
(h)
(i)
Committee stage should be postponed to allow feedback from
Hong Kong.
Press Government to consider proposed tentative draft Order in
Council on nationality. "Erskine May" provides for
exceptional statutory instruments which can be amended in the
House. One alternative would be to remove paragraph on
nationality from the Schedule.
Have Government sounded out likely attitude of immigration
officals in other countries to new passport?
What provision being made to asses S number of people entitled
to new passports, SO
that they can be issued efficiently?
Moral obligation to end uncertainty over statelessness.
Obligation to give some sign of whether Vietnamese and other
refugees in Hong Kong will be looked after after 1997.
Contradiction between Prime Minister's claim that Hong Kong
representatives could not be expected to sit on Basic Law
drafting committee, and "Wide Angle" (pro-Peking magazine)
report that committee would include at least 10 members from
Hong Kong.
Importance of regular reports on Hong Kong and work of Joint
on Hong
Liaison Group.
What will membership of Joint Liaison Group be?
MARK ROBINSON
(a)
(b)
Important for new passport to come into operation well before
1997.
Prepared to accept Order in Council procedure for nationality.