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Legislative Programme 1991/92: FCO Bids
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Your letter of 26 April asked for comments on the priority and political importance to be attached to FCO bills which were awarded provisional fifth session places; an assessment of the likely content and length, political importance and state of preparation of FCO bills identified as suitable for a first session; and
arguments on the basis of which the FLG can reconsider the case for a provisional place for the Hong Kong
(Appeals) Bill.
The Hong Kong (Appeals) Bill
2.
I must press for a place for this Bill in the 1991/92 legislative programme. As I and my colleagues have explained, the Bill, to remove the right of final appeal for Hong Kong people to the Privy Council, is an essential prerequisite to the establishment in Hong Kong of a Court of Final Appeal. The Bill would be short (about 3 Clauses) and uncontroversial. It would implement an existing policy, to which we are committed in the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, and which is widely welcomed in Hong Kong. It in no way compares to the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Bill which was passed in the last session in its controversial nature either in Hong Kong or the UK.