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INDEX
REGISTRY Action Taken
FOR GOVERNOR FROM LAYDEN
YOUR TELNO
NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
364
1.
AND ITS
OFFICE AT
THERE IS NO MINIMUM PERIOD BETWEEN THE LAYING OF AN ORDER
PASSAGE HROUGH PARLIAMENT.
WE HAVE CONSULTED HE HOME
OFFICIAL LEVEL AND HAVE GREED WITH HEM HAT N THE
CIRCUMSTANCES A FORM OF WORDS WHICH MIGHT SUGGEST AN INTERVAL OF
SOME TIME BETWEEN THE TWO STEPS WOULD POSE PROBLEMS, AS IT WOULD
NARROW MINISTERS' OPTIONS FOR THE HANDLING OF THE ORDER. WE
THEREFORE DO NOT FAVOUR THE FORMULATION IN PARA 2 OF TUR.
2.
TAKE THE POINT, HOWEVER, IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARA
1 OF TUR. TO AVOID THIS PROBLEM YOU MIGHT CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING
WORDING, WITH WHICH THE HOME OFFICE ARE CONTENT:
'ONCE LAID, THE ORDER WILL HAVE TO BE DEBATED BY BOTH HOUSES
OF PARLIAMENT AND THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE
CONCERNED TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THE MATTER.'
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/R RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON MR BARRINGTON
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT,
LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE
MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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