A
renewed bid for the Hong Kong (Appeals) Bill and put down a
marker for a Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill (ODA). If the Secretary of State approves the Private
Secretary should write in terms of the attached draft.
BACKGROUND
3. When bids were invited towards the end of last year for the 1992/93 Legislative Programme the FCO made the following
bids:
Essential
European Communities (Amendment) Bill
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill
Mauritius Republic Bill
Programme
Antarctic Environmental Protection Bill
Hong Kong (Appeals) Bill
Contingent
Chemical Weapons Bill
Foreign Compensation (Amendment) Bill
Private Members Bill
The Overseas Development and Co-operation Bill
4. FLG agreed before the election that the European
Communities (Amendment) Bill and the Mauritius Republic Bill were candidates for early introduction in the new session.
The Committee also considered that the Foreign Compensation (Amendment) Bill was a possible candidate for introduction
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