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key Hong Kong workers and their families)
struck the right
balance between maintaining confidence in Hong Kong and limiting
potential immigration to the United Kingdom.
We believe that we have achieved the right balance and that there
circumstances that would justify making special
are no new
arrangements for the ethnic minorities now.
Their ties are with
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Hong Kong rather than with the United Kingdom and our primary
objective has been to ensure the security in Hong Kong.
believe that we have done that.
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My Lords for these reasons the Government are unable to support
the aims of this Nationality M411. It is of、 course. a Private
Peers Bill and I do not seek to influence what action your
Lordships decide to take on it. It is right, however, that I
should set out before the House the Government's view of the
matter.
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