satis sfy my whole friend and the House as
Lord will not press his amendment.
a whole, and that the noble
IF PRESSED ON EXCHANGE RATE COMPENSATION SCHEME
and
Such a scheme might well form part of any eventual arrangement, I would expect the possibility to be discussed in due course with
the Hong Kong Government. The timing of the introduction of any
such scheme would need careful consideration: given the present
strength of the Hong Kong dollar against the pound we would need to
be very clear that such a scheme would actually benefit pensioners.
IF PRESSED ON WHEN DISCUSSIONS MIGHT START WITH HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT
Not in position to say at this
stage.
years
we away and
should not allow
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ourselves to be rushed on this
important matter.
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