HL Deb 04 March 1996 vol 570 c6WA
Lord Dixon-Smith

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether holders of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passports will require visas to visit the United Kingdom from July 1997.

The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Blatch)

As my right honourable 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 30th 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.