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TELS NOS 714 AND 715 : NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL ARLIAM MENTARY ANNOUNCEMENT
1. ONCE THE PARLIAMENTARY ANSWER BECOMES PUBLIC WE SHALL NEED A
LINE FOR SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICERS TO TAKE.
2. SUBJECT TO YOUR COMMENTS, WE PROPOSE TO SAY THAT IT IS EVIDENT
THAT HNG HAVE GIVEN CAREFUL, SERIOUS AND SYMPATHETIC CONSIDERATION
TO THE REPRESENTATIONS MADE BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
3. WE WOULD WELCOME THE DECISION ON THE ENDORSEMENT AND ON THE
EX-SERVICEMEN.
ON THE THIRD REQUEST WE WOULD SAY THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE
ETHNIC MINORITIES WILL BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE DECISION, BUT WILL
DRAW ATTENTION TO THE UNDERTAKING IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE
PENULTIMATE PARAGRAPH (THAT IF ANY BRITISH NATIONAL WAS TO COME
UNDER PRESSURE HMG WOULD EXPECT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY TO CONSIDER
THE CASE SYMPATHETICALLY.)
5.
ON THE ORDER IN COUNCIL ITSELF WE WOULD DRAW ATTENTION TO HTS
IMPORTANCE AS A BASIS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW PASSPORT
ARRANGEMENTS BUT NOTE THAT THE DECISIONS NOW TAKEN WOULD NOT N
THEMSELVES REQUIRE AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT ORDER SQUARE BRACKETS
BEGIN WE PRESUME THAT WE COULD MAKE THIS POINT EVEN THOUGH THE
ORDER ITSELF MAY NOT HAVE BY THEN BEEN LAND SQUARE BRACKETS END.
WE WOULD PROPOSE TO ANSWER OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE FOLLOWING
LINES :
QUESTION 1:
ANSWER:
QUESTION 2:
ANSWER:
WHEN WILL THE ORDER BE LAID SEMICOLON AND WHEN WILL
MT BE DEBATED?
THESE ARE MATTERS FOR LONDON.
DO WE EXPECT OPPOSITION TO THE DRAFT ORDER IN THE
HOUSE OF LORDS AS THE RESULT OF THE DECISION ON
ETHNIC MINORITIES?
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NOT FOR US TO COMMENT ON WHAT ATTITUDE MEMBERS OF THE
MOUSE OF LORDS MIGHT TAKE.
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