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MINUTES

The meeting commenced at 12.17 a.m.

3B;

Redacted Under FOI Exemption Sec 27(1) (a)(c)(d)

Redacted under FOI

Exemptions Sec 40 and 41

The minutes

of the meetings on 15 and 22

Commenting on paragraph 4

January 1985 were confirmed.

of page 33 of the minutes for 22

for 22 January (Item XA18)

said that before the debate in Parliament

had been asked by Mr Russell Johnston, MP whether

Hong Kong had been steam-rollered into accepting the

title of 'British National (Overseas)'. In order to

answer the point

had disclosed that the title was

list of possibilities discussed with

with the

seventh on a

Executive Council, but nothing further.

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Clause 2(1)(b) of the Hong Kong Bill was tabled. This

THE HONG KONG BILL

MEMORANDUM XCX (85)12

The text of

an amendment proposed by HMG

to

phrase "such new form of

as is specified in the Order" and

proposed deletion of the

British nationality

replacement with "a new form of British nationality the

holders of which shall be known as 'British National

(Overseas)''

no

said that there had been

sustained suggestion of any alternative title.

Members took note that

District Officers had reported

that the title was not the main subject of concern to