HC Deb 12 January 1990 vol 164 cc792-3W
Mr. Marlow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many citizens of Hong Kong of non-United Kingdom origin are entitled to right of abode in the United Kingdom in addition to the 225,000 specified in his statement of 20 December.

Mr. Maude

There may be people in Hong Kong who have qualified for right of abode under existing United Kingdom law, for example, a Commonwealth citizen who before 1 January 1983 was married to a man who had right of abode in the United Kingdom. The information is not available but the numbers are likely to be very small.

Mr. Marlow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what commitments were given by Her Majesty's Government to the authorities or other bodies in Hong Kong concerning the numbers and nature of right of abode to be offered in the United Kingdom prior to the statement of 20 December.

Mr. Maude

None.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many(a) attempted and (b) successful suicides have taken place among Vietnamese nationals in detention camps at Hei Ling Chan, Sham Shui, Po and Whitehead in Hong Kong in 1989.

Mr. Maude

The figures are:

(a) Attempted (b) Successful
Hei Ling Chan 0 0
Sham Shui 0 0
Po 0 0
Whitehead 1 0