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22.

Mr Howell agreed. In 1989, during the FAC's last

visit, this issue had been raised constantly. THIS time there had been only one mention.

23.

The CS said that HK felt very strongly about the

war widows.

24.

Mr Canavan noted that there had been an over

estimate of the number of dependents who would be given nationality. The scheme had been based on households

rather than individuals. The CS confirmed that this was

the case. There was, however, no flexibility.

specifically mentions "households".

The Act

25.

MI Gapes asked about

ethnic minorities.

He

had heard that 4,000 of the 6,000 Indians had received passports under the British Nationality Scheme.

If this

were the case then the problem was diminishing. The CS

said that he would be surprised if this were true.

would however check.

He

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