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ARLIAMENTARY QUESTION FOR PRIORITY WRITTEN ANSWER ON FRIDAY 19 JANUARY 1990
To ask the Secretary of
Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde): State for the Home Department, how many Hong Kong citizens will be eligible for British citizenship under the British Nationality Act, Section 4, subsection 5 in return for rendering Crown services.
DRAFT REPLY
Hong
as
the
There are currently some 180,000 Hong Kong British Dependent Territories citizens in Crown service under the government of
eligible
for Kong who are
discretionary to apply
registration
British citizens under section 4(5) of
British Nationality Act 1981. An unknown additional number are eligible on the basis of past service. In accordance with the policy announced when the British Nationality Act 1981 was before Parliament, the limited powers under this provision are used
sparingly.
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