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MR. PETER SHORE:

And the EEC!

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MR. TIX RENTON;

And to that extent, in the EEC as well, in terms

that they are jobs that EEC nationals could come here to

do, Mr. Shore, correct!

Should you make recommendations as to changes in the

work permit scheme and should that be your decision, clearly we and the Department of Employment would take

these very carefully into consideration.

I have never found in the nearly two years I have been doing my present job that there is any lack of coordination between myself and my counterpart in the

Department of Employment.

MR. JIM LASTER:

In

And it is also at the discretion of the Secretary of

State to actually relax the residency requirements. your memorandum, you say that you envisage this discretion being used for a businessman needing to travel on business and I think you mentioned that in earlier replies, but presumably it could also be used in other cases.

example, it could be used

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in conjunction with a work

permit to allow the same greater flexibility to accompany bringing a Hong Kong BDTC to the United Kingdom?