HC Deb 04 March 1996 vol 273 c62W
Mr. Luff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if holders of Hong Kong special administrative region passports will require visas to visit the United Kingdom from July 1997. [19203]

Mr. Howard

As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister is announcing in Hong Kong today, holders of Hong Kong special administrative region passports will not be required to obtain visas for short visits to Britain after 30 June 1997. We will, of course, keep this arrangement under review, as we do with the visa arrangements we apply in every other part of the world.