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Following signature,
have
requirements
both we and the Chinese
Government
The
to satisfy our respective constitutional
in order to ratify the agreement.
main purpose of the Bill before us today is to enable the United Kingdom for its part to ratify. As its long title makes clear, this is "a Bill to make provision for and in connection with the ending of British soveriegnty
Hong
and
jurisdiction
over
Kong".
The Bil1
The
Bill itself
provides for the termination of
sovereignty and jurisdiction.
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