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The Spira Kuper before us Lmplementing the nationality provisibuINDEX the MÍPARCE

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and the associated exchange of Men muk anda. Your Lordanins will ili that following the debates just over a year ago the Prime in13ter went to Peking to advg the caresment.

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The Schedule to the ak. Aut enabled provision TO in Council for a number of matters conceralus nationality. that BD1C3 by virtue of a connection with EX will lose thar citizenship on 1 July 1997, Lue will be entitled to acquire a new foem of nationality, that of 3N(0) The Schedule also enabled provision to be made, amongst other zutters, for the avoidance of statelessness. The Sino-British agreement and the HK Act have therefore already established the framework wich in which the Order to Connell munt fir

Tulay'u ūebate zuuriko the Government's commitent during tho earlier derates to produce "An Order with green edges". The White Paper was published in the UK. and on 17 October, and the pennle ni da nad a good opportunity to comment on it. As your Tordshing vil know it was debated io che HK Legislative Council

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following that debate, the Council issued a letter on 3 Tanuam asking the Government to make some amendments. Thev auked for BN(O) passports to be endorsed to the effect that the holder did not need entry clearance to come to the UK for a visit. And they supported tha request by the non-etìmic Chinese minorities in AK that is thnge that

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are noc etrically Chinese that chey, as well ** A small nugher of former servicemen in HK should be granted Brirish sistemaakte. Legislative Counc!1 passed a formal morion on 2 Imagmų nęking the mi Government to urge the British Government to implement these

prappe-le. No doubt many of your Lordships will wish to reflect on the legislartun views today. We shall listen patofully ra what Pene Lordships have to say, and we shall consider whether we need to emand aly of Lae provisions in the Order as a result. We shall then formall iay a drart Nationality Order before Fagter

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