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DESKBY 100100Z HONG KONG AND PEKING
FM FCO 091245Z JAN 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 53 OF 9 JANUARY 1985
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
HONG KONG BILL
HKK 040/2.
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1.
MINISTERS DECIDED THIS MORNING:
2.
A) THAT THE HONG KONG BILL SHOULD BE INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (IE GIVEN ITS FIRST READING)) AND PUBLISHED ON 10
JANUARY.
B) THAT THE SECOND READING SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE WEEK
BEGINNING 21 JANUARY. WE EXPECT THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO
INTRODUCE THE DEBATE ON THE SECOND READING AND MR LUCE TO
WIND UP FOR THE GOVERNMENT. A HOME OFFICE MINISTER IS ALSO
LIKELY TO TAKE PART IN THE SECOND READING AND COMMITTEE
STAGES.
C) THAT THE COMMITTEE STAGE OF THE BILL SHOULD BE TAKEN ON
THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE.
MY THREE IFTS CONTAIN: -@
A) THE TEXT OF THE BILL, AS APPROVED BY MINISTERS:
B) THE TEXT OF THE EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM WHICH WILL COVER
THE BILL:
C) A PRESS NOTE WHICH WILL BE ISSUED BY NEWS DEPARTMENT AT
THE TIME OF PUBLICATION.
YOU MAY MAKE SUCH PUBLIC USE AS YOU WISH OF THESE TEXTS AFTER
PUBLICATION. THE TIMING OF THIS CANNOT BE PREDICTED WITH
ABSOLUTE PRECISION SINCE IT IS GOVERNED BY PROCEEDINGS IN
PARLIAMENT. BUT YOU MAY RELEASE THE MATERIAL AT ANY TIME AFTER
101700Z.
3. YOU HAVE AUTHORITY TO GIVE UMELCO A CONFIDENTIAL ADVANCE
BRIEFING ON THE CONTENTS OF THE BILL (BUT NOT/NOT TO RELEASE THE
TEXT OF THE BILL TO THEM IN ADVANCE OF PUBLICATION). UMELCO
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