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HONG KONG BILL : THIRD READING IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS
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My Lords, we have debated this important and historic Bill
in great detail since its introduction into this House.
The close interest your Lordships have taken in it has, I
am sure, been welcomed by the people of Hong Kong as
evidence of the concern in this House for their future
well-being.
In
their comments to the Assessment
and
Office
since, the people of Hong Kong have expressed their
support for the Sino-British Agreement as a basis for the
future prosperity and stability of the territory, and their
determination to make the agreement work. They will have
been reassured that the response to the agreement in this
House, and
another place, has been no less positive, and
that the
passage of this
will enable the
to ratify the
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in
which Bill,
has agreement,
Government
constructive support from both sides of the House.
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Since launching the Bill, the Government has taken a
number
of steps to
House and in
Imeet accommodate
the concerns
expressed
in
this
another place.
We
have agreed
to the
in Hong
to
developments
continue to take an
production of an annual report on
Kong, which will assist Parliament
informed interest in the territory in the coming years.
We have agreed that the Order in Council on Nationality
should be introduced in "green-edged" form, SO that it may
be debated
version
title
is
by Parliament as a draft before the final
drawn up.
We have incorporated in the Bill the
of the new form of nationality which can be acquired
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