Proposals to implement Article 23 of the BASIC LAW

National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill
Unauthorized disclosure of protected information and the public interest

Supplementary Notes

This supplementary notes sets out the sources of various reasons listed in Annex 2 and Annex 3 to the paper entitled "National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill : unauthorized information and the public interest."

Hansard of the UK House of Commons for the Official Secrets Bill (Annex 2)

Paragraph	Column no. & date of debates	Name of speaker
1	Cols. 465-6 on 21 December 1988	Mr. Douglas Hurd
2	Col. 466 on 21 December 1988	Mr. Douglas Hurd
3	Col. 485 on 21 December 1988	Mr. Kenneth Hind
4	Col. 511 on 21 December 1988	Mr. Tony Baldry
5	Col. 517 on 21 December 1988	Mr. John Wheeler
6	Cols. 520-21 on 21 December 1988	Mr. John Greenway
7	Col. 521 on 21 December 1988	Mr. John Greenway
8	Col. 1095 on 25 January 1989	Mr. John Patten
9	Col. 467 on 2 February 1989	Mr. Douglas Hurd
10	Cols. 521-22 on 2 February 1989	Mr. Kenneth Hind
11	Col. 523 on 2 February 1989	Mr. Ivan Lawrence
12	Col. 556 on 16 February 1989	Mr. Douglas Hurd
13	Col. 557 on 16 February 1989	Mr. Douglas Hurd
14	Col. 558 on 16 February 1989	Mr. Douglas Hurd
15	Col. 1044 on 22 February 1989	Mr. Douglas Hurd
16	Col. 1044 on 22 February 1989	Mr. Douglas Hurd

Hong Kong Hansard for the Official Secrets Bill (Annex 3)

Paragraph	Page no. & date of debates	Name of speaker
1	Page 83 on 18 December 1996	Secretary for Security
2	Page 83 on 18 December 1996	Secretary for Security
3	Page 113 on 4 June 1997	Secretary for Security
4	Page 115 on 4 June 1997	Secretary for Security

Department of Justice
May 2003

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