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1. DR C H LEONG CAME TO SEE ME YESTERDAY, 31 MARCH. HE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION, FROM HIS VARIOUS CONTACTS WITH MR LLOYD, THAT A FAVOURABLE DECISION ON THE CASES OF CHILDREN BORN OUTSIDE THE UK BEFORE 1983 TO PARENTS WHO THEMSELVES ACQUIRED BRITISH CITIZENSHIP THROUGH ORDINARY RESIDENCE IN THE UK, WAS LIKELY TO BE MADE BEFORE THE ELECTION. I GATHER THAT DR LEONG HAS TOLD MY LLOYD THAT HIS ESTIMATE IS THAT APPROXIMATELY 150 FAMILIES, OR 200 CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED AND THAT ABOUT A QUARTER ARE ALREADY IN THE UK. IN OTHER WORDS THE LIKELY NUMBER IS SMALL.
2. I IMAGING THAT, WITH THE ELECTION NOW SO NEAR, FINAL DECISIONS ON MATTERS SUCH AS THIS ARE PROBABLY NOW ON HOLD. NEVERTHELESS, IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF I COULD REASSURE DR LEONG THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THAT THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE A DECISION WILL BE DELAYED EVEN IF THERE IS A CHANGE OF MINISTERS AFTER THE ELECTION. MAY I DO SO?
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