TNAG-1852-FCO40-2627-House-of-Commons-Select-Committee-on-Foreign-Affairs-enquiry-1989 — Page 158

DSR 11 (Revised Sept 85)

DRAFT: minute/letter/teleletter/despatch/note

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8 Jackson Road,

Thank you for your letter of 17 July, enclosing the

record of the debate held on 5 July by Members of the

Legislative Council on the Report on Hong Kong by the

House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affairs.

I have taken very careful note of the views of you

and your colleagues, which were expressed with great

eloquence and feeling in the course of the debate. As

you know, we are still considering the recommendations of

the Foreign Affairs Committee: there will be a formal

response in the autumn. The comments of Members of the

Legislative Council on the Report have therefore been

useful and timely.

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You emphasise in your letter and it comes out

clearly in the debate the importance of the right of

abode issue. As you know, the Government have had to