HOUSE OF COMMONS
LONDON SWIA OAA
Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher MP
The Prime Minister
10 Downing Street LONDON
SW1A 2AA
Dear Prime Minister
We thought it might be helpful if those of us who oppose the proposal to legislate to grant right of abode to an estimated 225,000 Hong Kong Chinese set out to you our concerns.
Whilst we are clear that there is an obligation to offer a right of abode to those Crown servants who might be at risk under Chinese sovereignty, we believe their position is safeguarded by the British Nationality Act 1981.
As we consider the political implications of the collapse of the Alliance and the resurgence of the Labour Party, we view with great anxiety the effect in critical seats - particularly in London, the Midlands and North West of the Government's proposals to allow increases in immigration for the first time since 1972, while the Labour Party is opposing such an increase for the first time since 1970.
Yours ever
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