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key Hong Kong workers and their families)

struck the right

balance between maintaining confidence in Hong Kong and limiting

potential immigration to the United Kingdom.

We believe that we have achieved the right balance and that there

circumstances that would justify making special

are no new

arrangements for the ethnic minorities now.

Their ties are with

We

Hong Kong rather than with the United Kingdom and our primary

objective has been to ensure the security in Hong Kong.

believe that we have done that.

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My Lords for these reasons the Government are unable to support

the aims of this Nationality M411. It is of、 course. a Private

Peers Bill and I do not seek to influence what action your

Lordships decide to take on it. It is right, however, that I

should set out before the House the Government's view of the

matter.

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