TNAG-1218-FCO40-1523-Future-of-the-Dependent-Territories-1983 — Page 232

House of Lords

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

For ORAL ANSWER on

Text of Question

My lords,

28 MARCH

Head of

HKGD

Please submit :- a draft Answer

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& supplementary notes to Parliamentary Unit before NOON

Thursday 24 March

*The Lord Avebury-To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any of the dependencies have changed their immigration ordinances since the British Nationality Act 1982 received the Royal Assent; whether they will place copies of any such alterations in the library; whether they will make an estimate of the number of British dependent territories' citizens who have no right of entry to any territory for which the United Kingdom is internationally responsible; and whether they will produce an analysis of such persons, showing their respective origins and numbers.

ELTON

LORD SKELTERSDALE

Hong Kong, Gibraltar and Montserrat have so far changed their immigration ordinances.

Copies will be placed in the library as soon as they become available.

The other Dependent Territories are in the process of

introducing similar changes. However, since such legislation

is the responsibility of the individual territories, it is

not possible at this stage to provide the assessments and

We expect that

analyses requested. But persons who hold belonger status on

31 December 1982 will continue to hold that status.

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