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TO DESKBY 20010OZ HONG KONG
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OF 191655Z JANUARY 89
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
MY SECOND IPT: FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ENQUIRY INTO HONG KONG
1.
YOU MAY DRAW ON THE FOLLOWING UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN DEALING WITH ANY PRESS ENQUIRIES.
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THE PRESENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IS ONE OF 14 DEPARTMENTALLY RELATED SELECT COMMITTEES, SET UP FOR THE DURATION
OF A PARLIAMENT.
B) ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE ARE QUOTE TO EXAMINE THE EXPENDITURE, ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY OF THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC BODIES.. UNQUOTE.
C) THE SELECT COMMITTEE HAS THE FOLLOWING POWERS: I) TO SEND FOR PERSONS, PAPERS AND RECORDS, TO SIT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE, TO ADJOURN FROM PLACE TO PLACE, AND TO REPORT FROM TIME TO TIME:
II) TO APPOINT SPECIALIST ADVISERS EITHER TO SUPPLY INFORMATION WHICH IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE OR TO ELUCIDATE MATTERS OF COMPLEXITY WITHIN THE COMMITTEE'S ORDER OF REFERENCE:
III) TO REPORT FROM TIME TO TIME THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE SUB-COMMITTEES:
IV) TO COMMUNICATE TO ANY OTHER SUCH COMMITTEE ITS EVIDENCE AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO MATTERS OF COMMON INTEREST:
AND
V) TO MEET CONCURRENTLY WITH ANY OTHER SUCH COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSES OF DELIBERATING, TAKING EVIDENCE, OR CONSIDERING DRAFT REPORTS:
D) THE MEMBERS OF THE FAC ARE ALL MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS:
CHAIRMAN:
THE RT HON DAVID HOWELL (CON)
MR DENNIS CANAVAN
(LAB)
THE RT HON MICHAEL JOPLING (CON)
MR IVAN LAWRENCE QC (CON)
MR TED ROWLANDS (LAB)
MR IAN TAYLOR MBE (CON)
MR PETER-TEMPLE MORRIS (CON)