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YOUR TELS NOS 875 AND 918: NATIONALITY LAW

1. DRAFT WHITE PAPER INCLUDES PROVISION FOR TRANSMISSION OF

BRITISH CITIZENSHIP WHERE THE PARENTS ARE EMPLOYED IN SPECIFIED

JOBS. THESE DETAILS HAVE STILL TO BE WORKED OUT.

2.

THE HOME SECRETARY WILL BE GUIDED BY PARLIAMENTARY AND OTHER

DOMESTIC CONSIDERATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE TIMING OF PUBLICATION.

WE REGRET THAT THIS MAY NOT COINCIDE WITH TIMETABLE OF EXCO

MEETINGS.

3. YOU WILL RECEIVE A COPY OF THE DRAFT WHITE PAPER SHORTLY. WHILST YOU MAY GIVE DETAILS OF THIS TO EXCO 24 HOURS BEFORE PUBLI-

CATION, YOU SHOULD DO SO ON A STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BASIS. WORK ON ITS TRANSLATION, FOR WHICH YOU WILL PE RESPONSIBLE, CANNOT

THEREFORE START UNTIL AFTER PUBLICATION.

4. THE HOME SECRETARY HAS NOT YET SAID WHEN HE INTENDS TO INTRO-

DUCE LEGISLATION. HOWEVER, THIS CLEARLY CANNOT BE BEFORE THE

NEXT PARLIAMENTARY SESSION.

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