TGLADN
HKK 040/4
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
1 1 JUL 1985
DESK ORAJE
PS/Mr Luce
Private Secretary
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FILE
CONFIDENTIAL
FROM: A C Galsworthy, HKD
DATE: 9 July 1985
cc: Dr Wilson
PRU
Miss
Staff
Neville-Jones,
Planning
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH TO THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
PROBLEM
1. We need to clear with Home Office Ministers a draft sentence for
the Queen's speech to the opening of Parliament.
the proposed Order in
Council dealing with the
This will mention
nationality
arrangements arising from the Hon Kong agreement.
RECOMMENDATION
2. I recommend that a Private Secretary letter be sent to the Home
Office seeking their Ministers'
sentence. I submit a draft.
concurrence
to the inclusion of the
BACKGROUND AND ARGUMENT
in the
3. The Order in Council will be introduced into Parliament
autumn. Ministers have stated their intention of having it in place
within a year of the Hong Kong Act 1985 coming into force, ie by April 1986. As the major outstanding piece of legislation arising
from the Hong Kong agreement, a mention of it in the Queen's speech to the opening of Parliament would be appropriate.
CONFIDENTIAL
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