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HONG KONG: PQ'S:

STANDING COMMITTEE ON PRESSURE GROUPS; OMBUDSMAN; MATERNITY LEAVE AND DEMOCRATIC REFORM

1. I submit draft replies to the 5 PQs put down by Mr Robert Parry MP

(Labour Liverpool, Scotland Exchange) for written answer on 25 March.

The replies have been agreed with the Hong Kong Government. A delay

in the deadline for submission has been agreed with Parliamentary

Unit in view of the short notice given by Mr Parry.

2. Mr Parry takes a keen and critical interest in the Hong Kong

Government's social and administrative policies and asks large numbers

of Parliamentary Questions. These five are typical examples. Back-

ground notes on each topic are attached.

3. Mr Parry's interest in the Standing Committee on Pressure Groups

(SCOPG) stems from a supposedly leaked copy of one of SCOPG's reports

and a subsequent article in the New Statesman.

4.

The question on democratic reform follows a similar one put down

by Mr Dennis Canavan MP (Labour Stirlingshire West) for written

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answer on 18 March. This subject has attracted Parliamentary interest.

24 March 1981

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