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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION BY MR ANDRE FAULDS MP,
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1. MR ANDREW FAULDS (LABOUR, SMETHWICH) HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON 22 JANUARY:
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TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS,
WHEN HE EXPECTS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE INVESTIGATION
INTO THE WAY LAWS ARE MADE AND ADMINISTERED IN HONG KONG.
UNQUOTE.
2. WE PROPOSE TO RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING FOR REPLY ON 23 JANUARY:
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UNDER THE HONG KONG LETTERS PATENT 1917 TO 1947, THE GOVERNOR,
ACTING WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HAS POWER TO MAKE LAWS FOR THE PEACE, ORDER AND GOOD GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY, AND ANY LAW TO WHICH THE GOVERMOR HAS ASSENTED MAY BE DISALLOWED BY HER MAJESTY. NO FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE
GENERAL LAW-MAKING PROCESS IS AT PRESENT BEING CARRIED OUT, BUT ALL
IMPORTANT MEASURES ENACTED BY THE HONG KONG LEGISLATURE ARE
SUBJECT TO SCRUTINY IN LONDON. IN PARTICULAR, THERE WERE RECENT
CHANGES IN THE LAW DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN MEASURES AGAINST VIOLENT
CRIME AND TO SPEED UP THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
UNQUOTE.
3. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD LET US HAVE YOUR COMMENTS BY 2329GEZ.
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