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ment, the Department of Science, Her Majesty's Schools, the Home Office, ucation Department, the rvice Agency, and the 3 Agency. The publica- hes of those responsible oduced by the Manpower sion is a matter for the If, but I have no doubt sion will take note of the gestion.
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régime it is anticipated the Europe Canal " ed in the early 1980s to and the Danube, thus water route between the the North Sea; whether economic and military development are under sideration; and whether blish an explanatory
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Written political relations, and to the extent that there are no adverse military or economic consequences we welcome its development as a contribution to freer contact between the peoples of East and West. There are no political aspects of the canal that require study in the context of our bilateral relations with France, the Federal Republic of Germany, and Netherlands or Austria.
As to the economic implications of the opening of the canal, measures to deal with subsidised competition from Eastern European shipping have been proposed by the member countries of the Rhine Commission. These draft measures are at present being examined by the European Commission as to their compatibility with the Community obligations of EEC members.
Such military implications as there may be will be for consideration by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
The Government believe that an explan- atory memorandum would serve a more useful purpose when the measures neces- sary to meet unfair competition have been agreed upon by the Rhine Com- mission and the European Community, They can then be explained in the memorandum.
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NATIONALITY LEGISLATION
Lord AVEBURY asked Her Majesty's (jovernment:
(i) whether it is their intention that under the forthcoming nationality legislation, Commonwealth citizens who are settled in the United Kingdom should retain their existing freedoms to come and go, to vote, to stand for elective office and to work in the public service;
(ii) what arrangements they intend to make under the forthcoming nation- ality law for Commonwealth citizens who are settled in the United Kingdom to register as British citizens, and in particular whether any such arrange- ments will be transitional or permanent; what criteria will have to be satisfied before an application for registration can be submitted, and whether the decision of the Secretary of State on any such application will be discre- tionary;
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(iii) whether the status of British Subject will be retained under the forthcoming nationality law and if so, whether it will apply to British Citizens, British Citizens and British Overseas Citizens, or all Commonwealth Citizens;
(iv) whether the rights of British Citizens, British Overseas Citizens and Commonwealth. Citizens respectively will be defined under the forthcoming nationality law;
(v) whether the inhabitants of the West Indian Associated States will acquire the status of British Overseas Citizens under the forthcoming nation- ality law;
(vi) how many applications were made to the British High Commission in Singapore and Malaysia respectively in each of the last five years for pass- ports by Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies resident in those countries;
(vii) whether a person who acquires the status of British Citizen will be entitled to the issue of a passport, with a right of appeal to a court of law against refusal, revocation or with- drawal.
Lord HARRIS of GREENWICH: The Government made it clear in the recent Green Paper that they do not intend to introduce early legislation on nationality, Before reaching firm conclusions on the suggestions put forward in that document, including matters to which the noble Lord refers in paragraphs (i) to (v) und (vii) of his Question, they wish to have the benefit of comments by members of the public and interested bodies.
The numbers of United Kingdom pass- ports issued by the British High Com- inissions in Singapore and Malaysia from 1972 to 1976, were as follows:-
1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 Singapore 1,576 1,641 2,038 2,316 2,000 Malaysia 694 395 750 880 870
It is not possible without undue expenditure of resources to say how many of these passports were issued to people resident in the two countries.
POLICE COMPLAINTS BOARD
Lord INGLEWOOD asked Her Majesty's Government:
How they reconcile the report in the Evening Standard of 1st June 1977 that
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