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DEFENSIVE BRIEFING: INDEX

A.

THE SCHEME: GENERAL POINTS

- HMG has moral obligation to give right of abode to all BDTCs

- Doesn't the Bill breach the Joint Declaration/UK Memorandum

- Why is Clause 2(2) loss of BDTC status

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needed?

- Parliament should have a continuing say over the rate

of release of passports

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B.

Why not make passports conditional on staying put until 1997?

Дел остану

ROUTE

C.

Why citizenship?

- Citizenship without residence in the UK conflicts with

principle of British Nationality Act

Why not rely on section 4(5) of 3ritish Nationality Act

NUMBERS

D.

Why 50,000?

Relationship between 50,000 and 225,000

- Why has such a high multiplier been used?

- Real immigration commitment greater than 225,000

SCOPE OF SCHEME/ELIGIBLE CATEGORIES

Why a points scheme?

Who will be eligible?

What occupational groups will be eligible?

Occupational groups covered by scheme to narrow.

Why exclude [-] occupational group?

- Scheme should give priority to those who work for British

firms and British organisations.

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Why no Approved Secondment Scheme.

What about the garrison?

None Chinese ethnic minorities.

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