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Annex L2
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"Brief for the Secretary of State's Meeting with Civil Service Representatives
Issues of General Interest and Concern
I.
RIGHT OF ABODE
HMG's
right of abode
MrStone
enter
Wial,
announcement in late December of the
scheme has ended months of speculation
within the Civil Service.
27/1
2.
Many
staff associations have criticised the
limited but most have
reacted
in a
scheme as too
responsible
considerable
the scheme.
manner with their leaders showing
constraint in making
It is the
associations to see HMG
making public comments on
common wish of many staff
enlisting the assistance of
other countries, notably the Commonwealth and the
European Community, and they have asked to be consulted
on further details of the scheme. Associations of
disciplined services staff are relieved that there was
special mention of the
announcement.
disciplined
services in the
3.
Some staff
representatives
feel that civil
servants who qualify by
by virtue of the sensitivity of
their jobs should have been catered for irrespective of
the right of abode scheme, and it follows that these
servants and their families should not be counted
- civil