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Gurkha Settlement Rights

I would do exactly what my hon. Friend the Member for Ashford (Damian Green) outlined. [Interruption.] Another hon. Gentleman from a sedentary position says that we did not do it. Of course we did not because the question did not arise before 1997, for all the reasons that were given earlier. Before 1997, the Gurkhas' terms and conditions were governed by the tripartite agreement. I do not remember ever being asked to address the issue before 1997—it simply did not arise.