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PS/Lady Young

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HONG KONG BILL: COMMITTEE STAGE

PS/Mr Luce

Sir W Harding

Mr Burrows, Legal Advisers

Mr Grainger, Legal Advisers.

1. I submit:

(a) a speaking note on Lord Avebury's amendment agreed with Home Office officials.

(This is being shown to Home Office

Ministers and Mr Luce overnight).

(b)

It

revised speaking notes on Lord Gridley's amendments. will be necessary to use old variant A as the Prime Minister

and the Chancellor have said they cannot deal with the OD(K)

paper before 14 March. The notes attached are an amended

version of old variant A.

(c) a revised diagram showing the alternative courses for

Hong Kong BDTCS after 1 July 1997.

13 March 1985

A C GAlsworthy

Hong Kong Department

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