§ Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many non-patrial British passport holders and their dependants are estimated to reside in Malawi, Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong, respectively.
§ Mr. LuardEstimates, derived from information provided by the relevant overseas diplomatic posts, of the number of non-patrial British passport holders, including dependants, resident in the countries mentioned are as follows:
Malawi 6,000 Kenya 17,000 Zambia 5,000 Tanzania 10,000 Malaysia 110,000 Singapore 30,000 *Sri Lanka 400,000 India 25,000 Pakistan 1,086 Bangladesh not available Hong Kong 2,000,000 * The Governments of Sri Lanka and India have agreed to confer citizenship of one country or the other on these persons.