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representative government.

The Home Office is reluctant to predict

when the nationality package might be finalised but our present strategy is to make an announcement a decent interval after the

to Hong Kong visit of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales,

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11-12 November, and a similar decent interval before the Secretary

of State's visit in January. Should the package slip, we may have

to face the prospect of delaying the announcement and our formal response to the FAC report until the New Year. In these

circumstances,

we should need confirmation that Mr Howell is content

to wait potentially that long for a reply.

5. If on balance Mr Howell would prefer an interim reply, this

could be produced in short order. We would propose to base this on

the attached paper, which gives our commentry in note form on the

recommendations of the FAC report.

A R Paul