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DESKBY 130230Z NEW DELHI ISLAMABAD DACCIA HKK 340!

FM FCO 121845Z NOV 79

TO IMMEDIATE NEW DELHI

TELEGRAM NUMBER 727 OF 12 NOVEMBER

AND TO ISLAMABAD DACCA NAIROBI CANBERRA WELLINGTON KINGSTON

BRIDGETOWN GEORGETOWN PORT OF SPAIN OTTAWA WASHINGTON BIS NEW YORK

HONG KONG

MIP TR REVISED IMMIGRATION RULES.

FOLLOWING IS PROPOSED TEXT OF HOME SECRETARY'S STATEMENT.

BEGINS.

WITH PERMISSION, MR SPEAKER, I SHALL MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT

IMMIGRATION.

1 AM TODAY PUBLISHING A WHITE PAPER SETTING OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS FOR REVISING THE IMMIGRATION RULES. THE IMMIGRATION ACT 1971 REQUIRES THE HOME SECRETARY TO LAY BEFORE PARLIAMENT A STATEMENT OF ANY CHANGES IN THE IMMIGRATION RULES, AND THE STATEMENT MAY BE DISAPPROVED BY A RESOLUTION OF EITHER HOUSE. MY PURPOSE IN PUBLISING OUR PROPOSALS AS A WHITE PAPER IS TO ENABLE THEM TO BE DEBATED BEFORE I LAY THAT STATEMENT OF THE

NEW RULES.

THE WHITE PAPER IS THE RESULT OF A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW. THE NEW RULES WILL BE CLEARER, EASIER TO OPERATE AND FIRMER IN A NUMBER OF CRITICAL AREAS.

WE SHALL END THE AUTOMATIC RIGHT OF ENTRY OF THE HUSBAND OR FIANCE OF A WOMAN SETTLED IN THIS COUNTRY. BUT IT IS NOT MY INTENTION! TO KEEP OUT THE HUSBAND OR FIANCE OF A WOMAN WHO WAS BORN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WHOSE MARRIAGE IS NOT CONTRACTED FOR IMMIGRATION PURPOSES. THE OBJECT OF THE NEW RULES IS TO PREVENT THE EXPLOITATION OF MARRIAGE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF PRIMARY IMMIGRATION, WE CANNOT PERMIT THAT TO CONTINUE.

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