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1 8 DEC 1991

CONFIDENTIAL

FROM: N J Cox

Hong Kong Department

DATE: 18 December 1991

cc: Private Secretary

Mr Chamberlain,

Legal Advisers

PS/Lord Caithness

LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME 1992/3: HONG KONG APPEALS

1. You noted that Mr Chamberlain's minute to the Private

Secretary of 17 December suggested that the Hong Kong

Appeals Bill was unlikely to be needed in the 1992/3

session. As you suspected, some confusion seems to have

arisen here between the calendar year and the legislative

year. The Bill is unlikely to be needed before late-1992 at

the earliest, but we still need a slot in the 1992/3

programme. The draft letter from the Private Secretary to

Cabinet Office, which I understand has now been sent, correctly included this bid.

2. Our preferred timing for the introduction of the Bill will depend on developments in Hong Kong.

RODACH/1

TG

محلاه

N J Cox

CONFIDENTIAL

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