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AS SOON AS THE MAJOR SPEAKERS HAD FINISHED, ABOUT 30 MEMBERS LEFT THE CHAMBER, LEAVING A TOTAL OF 50 TO HEAR SIR PAUL'S SPEECH WHICH WAS CALLED DIRECTLY AFTER THE MAIN SPEAKERS.
SIR PAUL WAS LISTENED TO ATTENTIVELY AND WITH INTEREST BUT WITH NO AUD 13LE SUPPORT FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE. HE FOLLOWVED CLOSELY THE TEXT YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN BUT
REDUCED IT SLIGHTLY IN LENGTH IN RESPONSE TO AN APPEAL FROM THE SPEAKER FOR BREVITY FROM ALL MEMBERS (THERE ARE SAID TO BE 30 MPS WANTING TO SPEAK BEFORE MIDNIGHT). THE ONLY
OTHER SPEECHES OF NOTE SO FAR HAVE BEEN A MASTERLY EXPOSITION 3Y POWELL ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATIONALITY AND ITS RELATION- SHIP WITH DISSENT AND ALLEGIANCE. THERE WAS ALSO AN IMPASSIONED PLEA FROM THE GIBRALTAR GROUP OF MPS WHO ASKED FOR A CLEAR. UNDERTAKING BY THE MINISTER THAT GIBRALTAR SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE SCHEDULED, DEPENDENT TERRITORIES AND ITS PEOPLE GIVEN BRITISH CITIZENSHIP.
THE OTHER THREAD OF INTEREST RUNNING THROUGH SEVERAL SPEECHES YAS THE STRONGLY FELT VIEW OF MEMSERS ON 30TH SIDES THAT THE BILL WAS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT MEASURE, THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE RUSHED AT ANY STAGE, THAT SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE GIVEN BETWEEN READINGS FOR THOUGHT, AND CONSIDERATION AND
THAT NO LIMITATION SHOULD BE PUT ON THE COMMITTEE STAGE OF THE BILL. ALL THESE COMMENTS WERE GREETED WITH NODS OF APPROVAL Y EITHER MR. WHITELAW OR MR. RAISON AND WILL OBVIOUSLY BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
I WILL SEND A FURTHER REPORT AT THE END OF THE DEBAT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND MIDNIGHT GMT:
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