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WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Monday 29th January 1975

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH

AFFAIRS

Hong Kong

7. Mr. Grieve asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals he has for extend- ing the ratification of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights to include the colony of Hong Kong.

Mr. Anthony Royle: None.

Mr. Cordle asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of the citizens of the United Kingdom and colonies resident in Hong Kong are entitled as of right to come to the United Kingdom.

Mr. Anthony Royle: Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies who de- rive their citizenship from a connection with a dependent territory do not by vir- tue of that citizenship have a right of abode in the United Kingdom. They are subject to control under the Immigration Act 1971.

Vietnam

9. Mr. Whitehead asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has regard- ing the safety of diplomatic representa- tives and other British nationals i Hanoi and other areas of North Vietnam re- cently subjected to heavy bombing.

Mr. Anthony Royle: Cur consul- general, his wife and the vice-consul at Hanoi are in good health. We have no direct information about the small nun ber of other British nationals in North Vietnam but we have no reason to think that they are not safe and well, particu larly as a ceasefire has now come to Indo- China.

Uganda

13. Mr. Biggs-Davison asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs how many Uganda citizens are in the United Kingdom and why : how many of these are receiving grants or assistance from public tunds; and what

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is the extent of Uganda assets in the United Kingdom.

Lord Balniel: No figures are available as to the exact number of Ugandan citi- zens in Britain. This is because no records were kept before 1962. No separ- ate records are kept of the social security benefits paid to Ugandan citizens. There following educational or training courses now remain about 200 Ugandan citizens

in this country who get some assistance from public funds under previously agreed aid programmes which have not yet expired. It is not possible to ascer- tain in detail what assets are owned by Uganda in the United Kingdom, but the total is certainly not large.

Turkey (United Kingdom Citizens)

29. Mr. Loveridge asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Turkish Government about the

rights of United Kingdom citizens, whose property in Turkey is placed under a moratorium against their property invest- nents when they had previously held Syrian nationality, even though they were United Kingdom citizens at the time of inheriting the property.

Mr. Kershaw: I am aware of only one case of the kind the hon. Member apparently has in mind-that of Mrs. Kidd. It is not clear whether Mrs. Kidd, on taking local legal advice, has exhausted all the remedies open to her under the law of Turkey. If she has. I will give the case further consideration, but I can give no undertaking that it will be possible for Her Majesty's Govern- ment to make representations.

Pitcairn Islands

30. Mr. Dalyell asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealt Affairs what economic aid was given by Great Britain for the development of the Pitcairn Islands in 1971.

Mr. Kershaw: In the financial year 1971-72 Her Majesty's Government gave £379 to the Pitcairn Islands in economic aid. The corresponding figure for the present financial year is so far £3.643.