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TRANSCRIPT C: SELECT COMMITTEE ON HŨNG KONG

12 JUNE 1989

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TEMPLE-MORRIS (CONTD);

MR.

It does seem

TIET

and I do not want to be unkind in the

phraseology of this; the last thing I would want to be is

ever unkind but judging by the Home Office performance

in this at the moment which I think is for actual crown

servants and about eight or nine people that have been

admitted and nearly 500 applications, that if you have

been urging upon Her Majesty's Government the sort of

views that you are putting to us, they have not been

really very effectively received, I am not in any way

blaming you on this but giving you the chance to comment

crown servants in general, section 45 in particular.

on

SIR DAVID VILSON:

The problem with section 45 as it has been applied

is not the way it is written lato the law but the

interpretation that has been put on it when it has been

stated very clearly by Home Office Ministers that it would

be used in a very restricted way and particular attention

would be paid to people who have a close connection with

the United Kingdom.

I think that is the problem area,

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