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58093

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	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Sovereignty: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the UK armed forces would lose their jobs as a result of Scottish independence.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Eric Joyce
	uin	198711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government is not planning for Scottish independence and neither is the Ministry of Defence. Existing members of the UK Armed Forces would still be part of the UK Armed Forces and, as far as the UK Government is concerned, would be able to continue to serve in them, subject to the usual requirements of service.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 10/06/2014 16:32:42 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	603 label Biography information for Eric Joyce

58094

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sovereignty: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any UK citizens would involuntarily lose resident citizenship as a result of Scottish independence.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Eric Joyce
	uin	198712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the event of a vote for independence, decisions about UK citizenship would <br>rest with the UK Government; the basis for entitlement to Scottish citizenship <br>would be for the government of an independent Scottish state to decide.<br><br>The UK has historically been tolerant of plural nationalities, and therefore it <br>is likely that it would be possible for an individual to hold both British and <br>Scottish citizenship. However, under current rules British citizens living <br>outside the UK cannot pass their British nationality on more than one <br>generation. So, the children of British citizens living in an independent <br>Scotland would be British citizens, but their children and subsequent <br>generations would not be.<br><br>The government of the continuing UK would also need to consider whether all <br>British citizens living in Scotland could retain their British citizenship upon <br>independence. This cannot be guaranteed and could be dependent on any residence <br>requirements or proof of affinity to the continuing UK. It is not possible to <br>predict now what the decision of a future government of the continuing UK might <br>be in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/06/2014 11:31:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	603 label Biography information for Eric Joyce