§ Mr. Colvinasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider allowing British citizens from Hong Kong to use the short description "British" in their passports after 1 January 1983 rather than the longer version "British dependent territory citizen".
§ Mr. RifkindI have been asked to reply.
The matter of descriptions in passports is under consideration.
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