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British Nationality (Hong Kong) Bill
19 APRIL 1990
ear, makes it our largest export market in Asia after Japan. and the gross stock market value of British-owned. controlled or managed companies in Hong Kong has been estimated at about £20 billion. So an impoverished Hong Kong would be bad news for jobs and prosperity in this country.
The basic point, however, is that this is not a Bill for millionaires. In this world.
my experience is that millionaires tend to be able to look after themselves. The Bill is apt to the particular character of Hong Kong, which is a capitalist society, owing its success largely to that fact and to the Chinese genius for making a success of institutions of this kind. But it works only because it is allied to high public standards within the public and the private sectors. It is the combination of free enterprise and high standards-British standards-which has made Hong Kong a success and which the Bill's aim is to maintain by keeping in Hong Kong those responsible for the high standards.
The Bill will serve not only those who obtain the passports but all those who benefit from the standards. We do not want those standards to run down. We do not want our last big colony to end in second rate shabbiness. This is a case where our interests and our reputation run together. The Bill is not the whole answer: it is an essential part of the answer. and I commend it to the House.
Question put. That the Bill be now read a Second time:-
The House divided Aves 313. Noes 216.
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Alexander, Richard
Alison, Rt Hon Michael
Allason. Rupert
Alton. David
Amery. Rt Hon Julian
Amess. David
Arbuthnot. James
Arnold. Tom (Hazel Grovel Ashby. David
Ashdown. Rt Hon Paddy Atkins, Robert
Atkinson. David
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Burns. Simon
Burt. Alistair
Baker. Rt Hon K. (Mole Valley) Baker. Nicholas (Dorset Nj Baldry, Tony
Banks. Robert (Harrogate Barnes. Mrs Rosie (Greenwich) Batiste. Spencer Beaumont-Dark. Anthony Beggs, Roy
Beith, A. J.
Bellingham, Henry
Bennett. Nicholas (Pembroke)
Benyon, W.
Blaker. At Hon Sir Peter
Body, Sir Richard
Boswell. Tim
Bottomley. Peter
Bottomley, Mrs Virginia
Bowden, A (Brighton K`cto ́n)
Bowden, Gerald (Dulwich!
Bowis, John
Brandon-Bravo, Martin
Brazier, Julian
Bright, Graham
Brooke. Rt Hon Peter
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Clark, Hon Alan (Plym'th S'n) Clark. Sir W. (Croydon S) Clarke. Ri Hạn K. (Rushcliffel Colvin, Michael Conway. Derek
Coomos. Anthony (Wyre F'rest) Cope. Rt Hon Jonn Cormack, Patrick
Couchman. James
Critchley, Julian
Curne, Mrs Edwina Curry. David
Davies. Q. (Stamf ́d & Spald'g) Davis. David (Boothferry) Dav, Stephen Deviin, Tim
Dorrell, Stephen
Douglas-Hamilton. Lord James Dykes. Hugh
Eggar. Tim
Emery. Sir Peter
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Fearn, Ronald
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Forsyth, Michael (Stirling) Forth, Eric
Fowler, Rt Hon Sir Norman Fox, Sir Marcus Franks. Cecil Freeman. Roger Fry, Peter Gale, Roger
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Grant. Sir Anthony (CambsSW) Greenway, Harry (Ealing N) Greenway, John (Ryedale) Griffiths. Sir Eldon (Bury St E") Grist, lan
Ground. Patrick
Gummer. Rt Hon Jonn Selwyn
Hague. William
Hamilton. Hon Archie (Epsom) Hamilton. Nell (Tatton) Hampson, Dr Keith
Hanley. Jeremy Hannam. John Harris. David
Haselhurst, Alan Hawkins. Christopher Hayes. Jerry Hayward, Robert
Heath. Rt Hon Edward Heathcoat-Amory, David Heseltine. Rt Hon Michael Higgins, Rt Hon Terence L. Hill, James
Hind, Kenneth
Hogg, Hon Douglas (Gr'th'm) Holt, Richard
Hordern, Sir Peter Howard, Rt Hon Michael Howarth, Alan (Strat d-on-A) Howarth, G. (Cannock & B'wal Howe. Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Howell, Rt Hon Davia (G'dfora) Howell, Ralph (North Norfolk) Howells. Geraint Hughes. Robert G. (Harrow Wi Hughes. Simon (Scuthwark) Hunt, David (Wirral W) Hunt. Sir John (Ravensbourne) Hunter, Andrew Hurd. At Hon Douglas Irving. Sir Charles
Jack, Michael Jackson, Robert Jessel. Toby
Johnson Smith. Sir Geoffrey Johnston. Sir Russell Jones, Gwilym (Cardiff N) Jones, Robert B (Herts W) Jopling. At Hon Michael Kennedy, Charles Key, Robert
Kilfedder. James
King, Roger (B'ham N'thfield) King, Rt Hon Tom (Bridgwater) Kirkhope. Timothy Kirkwood, Archy Knight. Greg (Deroy North) Knowles. Michael Knox. David
Lamont. Rt Hon Norman
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Latham, Michael
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Lawson. Rt Hon Nigel Leigh, Edward (Gainsbor'gh) Lennox-Boyd. Hon Mark Lester, Jim (Broxtowe) Lightbown. David Lilley, Peter
Livsey, Richard
Lloyd, Sir lan (Havant) Lloyd. Peter (Fareham) Lord. Michael
Luce. Rt Hon Richard Lyell, Rt Hon Sir Nicholas McCrindle. Robert
MacGregor, Rt Hon John MacKay, Andrew (E Berkshire) Maclean. David
Maclennan, Robert 'McLoughlin. Patrick
McNair-Wilson, Sir Michael
McNair-Wilson, Sir Patrick
Madel, David
Major. Rt Hon John
Malins. Humirey Mans. Keith
Maples. John
Marshall, Jonn (Hendon S)
Marshall. Michael (Arundell Martin, David (Portsmouth S) Mates. Michael
Maude, Hon Francis
Mawhinney. Dr Brian
Maxwell-HysioD. Robin
Mayhew, Rt Hon Sir Patrick
Mellor, David
Meyer, Sir Anthony
Michie, Mrs Ray (Arg'l & Bute) Miscampbell, Norman
Mitchell, Andrew (Gedling)
Mitchell, Sir David
Moate, Roger
Monro, Sir Hector
Morris, M (N'hampton S) Morrison, Sir Charles
Morrison, Rt Hon P (Chester) Moss, Malcolm
Moynihan, Hon Calin Needham, Richard Nelson, Anthony Neubert, Michael Newton, Rt Hon Tony Nicholls. Patrick
Nicholson, David (Taunton)
Nicholson, Emma (Devon West)
Norris. Steve
Onslow, Rt Hon Cranley
Oppenheim, Phillip
Owen, Rt Hon Dr David
Page, Richard
Paice, James
Parkinson, Rt Hon Cecil Patnick, Irvine Patten. At Hon Chris (Bath) Patten, Rt Hon John Pattie, Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Porter, Barry (Wirral S) Portillo, Michael Powell, William (Corby) Price. Sir David Raffan, Keith
Raison. Rt Hon Timothy Rathbone. Tim Redwood, John Renton, Rt Hon Tim Rhodes James. Robert Riddick, Graham Ridley, Rt Hon Nicholas Ridsdale, Sir Julian
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