§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to announce the arrangements that will govern the handing over of Hong Kong to the Chinese authorities; and if he will make a statement. [37784]
§ Mr. HanleyThe 1984 Sino-British joint declaration provides the legal basis for the restoration of Hong Kong to China. We are still discussing with China arrangements to mark the handover at midnight on 30 June 1997.