QUESTION
DRAFT WRITTEN PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, whether a decision has yet been made
on a special annual quota for 1991 of work permits for workers from the Dependent Territories whose level of skill is below that required by the general work permit scheme.
DRAFT REPLY
It has been decided that there should be a quota for 1991 of 50 for use by
Dependent Territories other than Hong Kong. An allocation of special permits for
people from Hong Kong to work in the United Kingdom would be inconsistent with the
objectives of the Government's scheme to grant British citizenship to 50,000 Hong Kong
families and given them the assurance to remain in the territory.