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GISTRY
ESK OFFICER Friday 14 December 1979
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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
AFFAIRS
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
Dr. Edmund Marshall asked the Lord Privy Seal whether the allocation of seats in each of the common roll districts in the forthcoming elections in Zimbabwe- Rhodesia will be based on a method of greatest remainders or of greatest
divisors.
Mr. Luce: The former.
Hong Hong (Refugees)
Mr. Arthur Lewis asked the Lord Privy Seal what, for the longest and most convenient stated period of time, have been the numbers of refugees landing in Hong Kong either annually, monthly, or weekly and the numbers of Hong Kong citizens leaving to enter the United King- dom.
Mr. Blaker: Since 1975, the annual totals of refugees arriving in Hong Kong from Vietnam-the only place from which they have arrived in significant
numbers-have been:
3,743
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
782
783
Mr. Christopher Price asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will instruct the Governor on arrival in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia to lift those exclusion orders placed by the illegal regime on journalists and others who are United Kingdom citizens and, in particular, that imposed on Mrs. Judith Acton.
Mr. Luce: All prohibited immigrants and persons on the stop list, including Mrs. Judith Acton, are free to reapply for entry and their cases will be given sympathetic consideration. The Gover- nor has taken steps to lift restrictions on British journalists.
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Mr. Alfred Morris asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will ask the Governor of Zimbabwe to submit as soon as prac- ticable a report on the health of the population and, in particular, on the effect of the war on preventive measures.
Mr. Luce: The Governor's main task is to provide conditions in which free elections can be held. The implementa- tion of a ceasefire should contribute to the resumption of normal medical ser- vices, including preventive medicine.
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1975
1976
191
1977
1,001
1978
6,609
1979 (to 10 December)
73,305
The monthly total for 1979 were:
January
5,395
February
5,552
March
3,114
April
6.143
May
18,688
Junc
19,651
July
8,046
August
3,247
September
2,581
October
572
November
282
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Since 1973 the annual totals of former residents of Hong Kong admitted for settlement in the United Kingdom have been:
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979 (January to June)
1,561
1,990
2,089
1,930
1,676
1,284
671
These figures do not include refugees settled in this country from Hong Kong.
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NORTHERN IRELAND
Civil Service
Mr. Michael Brown asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in the Official Report full details of any plans that he may have to reduce the size of the Civil Service in Ulster, including the extent of the financial sav- ing that might be gained by such a reduc- tion.
Mr. Humphrey Atkins: Details of the Northern Ireland Office contribution to- wards the reduction in the cost of the United Kingdom Civil Service were pub- lished in the Official Report for 6 Decem- ber 1979.-[Vol. 975, c. 639.]
The Northern Ireland Civil Service will make a contribution broadly in line with that of the United Kingdom Civil Service. I hope to make an announcement shortly.
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