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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
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TEXT OF QUESTION :-
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Head of
HKV
Please submit
a draft Answer
& Background
to Parliamentary Unit
before
Noon
FRI 2/5
60 Mr Eric Deakins (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs, if the recognition of Hong Kong as a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade contracting party has been accepted by all General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade members.
La
Ministu MR. RENTON
to' P/S
(Minister)
for approval by
NOON 6 Man
.PQS REPLYTS)
for answer by
MR. RENTON
(Minister)
ANSWER
Following declarations to the GATT Secretariat by
the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China
on 23 April, the Secretariat informed contracting parties
that Hong Kong had become a contracting party as from
that date. The procedure did not require the approval
of other GATT members.
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Private Secretary
PS.
(Minister)
Parliamentary
Clerk
authorised
سيلي
(Head of Dept)