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Home Office more like this
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star this property hansard heading Right of Abode: British National (Overseas) more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the letter from Lord Goldsmith to the Home Secretary on 14 February which stated that the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration does not prevent the extension of full right of abode in the UK to those in Hong Kong who own a British National (Overseas) passport; and what response they intend to make to the reported request in that letter that "false statements" about the nature of his advice in relation to the rights of British National (Overseas) passports should be "retracted and not repeated". more like this
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Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2020-03-16more like thismore than 2020-03-16
star this property answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We have received Lord Goldsmith’s letter and we are considering our response. The UK takes seriously its support for BN(O)s and the rights that status confers upon them. We continue to believe that the best outcome for BN(O)s is for the high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms set out in the Joint Declaration and provided for in the Basic Law to be upheld.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have received Lord Goldsmith’s letter and we are considering our response. The UK takes seriously its support for BN(O)s and the rights that status confers upon them. We continue to believe that the best outcome for BN(O)s is for the high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms set out in the Joint Declaration and provided for in the Basic Law to be upheld.</ins></p> more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
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less than 2020-03-16T17:44:44.39Zmore like thismore than 2020-03-16T17:44:44.39Z
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less than 2020-03-16T17:58:42.453Zmore like thismore than 2020-03-16T17:58:42.453Z
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star this property answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this