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TELNO MIG 002 OF 4 OCTOBER

PAL IAMENTARY QUESTIONS BY MR ARTHUR LEWIS MP

1. MR LEWIS HAS PUT FOLLOWING TWO QUESTIONS:

(A) WHAT IS THE ACTUAL OR ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PEOPLE NOW RESIDENT IN HONG KONG WHO ARE ABLE TO CLAIM ADMISSION AND RESIDENCE IN THE UK:: AND TO WHAT EXTENT WILL THIS NUMBER BE ALTERED BY THE COMING INTO EFFECT OF THE BNA IN 1983?

(3) WHAT IS, FOR THE LATEST MOST CONVENIENT DATE, THE NUMBER

OF PERSONS NOW RESIDENT IN, OR WHO ARE NATIVES OF, HONG KONG WHO ARE ENTITLED TO EMIGRATE AND SETTLE IN THE UK SHOULD THEY SO DESTRE AND DECIDE?

2.

THE TWO QUESTIONS APPEAR IN EFFECT TO BE THE SAME, AND SO THE ANSWER (WHICH WE RECOGNISE CAN ONLY BE AN ESTIMATE) WILL PRESUMABLY BE THE SAME FOR BOTH. SECOND PART OF QUESTION (A) WILL BE ANSWERED BY REFERENCE TO BNA LEAVING IMMIGRATION STATUS UNCHANGED.

3.

GRATEFUL FOR FIGURES TO ENABLE DRAFT REPLIES TO BE WRITTEN, AND FOR ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE, BY 8 OCTOBER.

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