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PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE
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December 1985
Dear Geoffrey,
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05/M Renton Dr Wilson
Thank you for your minute of 25 November supporting Douglas Hurd's proposals for an early debate on the draft Hong Kong Nationality Order In Council.
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I quite understand the commitment to having a preliminary debate on the White Paper so that any points arising can be considered before the draft Order In Council is laid formally. While I recognise the arguments for having a debate in the Commons before the Christmas Recess it seems to me that we would not want to discuss this so soon after the debate in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong that we seem to be giving to real consideration to views expressed in that debate. I propose therefore to fix the debate for sometime in the first week when the House returns in the New Year.
I am writing in similar terms to Douglas Hurd: and copying this letter to recipients of his letter of 19 November.
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John Bitten
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Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Howe MP
Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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