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any time after the enactment of the Bill,

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to specify those to whom his discretion applied.

additiion to the Bill would still not of itself give a

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right of entry to the United Kingdom.

add a further sub- parat. Para In Schedule $1 t (c) The third option is to amendment Schedule Glauso 9 to

allow for Crown Service in a dependent territory to count

towards the UK residence requirement for eligibility to

(Para 2 (a)) apply for naturalisation.

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This option would not solve the

problem but on its own, or combined with the first option

would speed up the naturalisation process and thus demon-

strate HMG's commitment to the Givil Servants concerned.

But again, it would be of little value without some form

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of assurance on entry to the UK.

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Assurance on entry into the United Kingdom

Although not the preferred Hong Kong option, an assurance

on entry into the United Kingdom in the event of a change of

status of a dependent territory would provide the solution

required. Although It would not require amendment to the

Bill, since the Home Secretary already has absolute discretio:

But under the Immigration Rules to admit anyone he chooses, refer

ence to the problem and how it was being tackled would have

to be made to it in Committee, since Mr Raison undertook to

look at it there in response to Sir Paul Bryan. There are

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