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tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
hansard heading	British Nationality
max answer › question first answered	2019-11-05T18:02:40.73Z

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18/10/2016

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Home Office

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Home Office

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British Nationality

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to review the rule preventing those who have acquired British nationality by descent under Section 2(1)(a) of the British Nationality Act 1981 from passing on citizenship to their children by descent in circumstances where their parents were on short-term secondment abroad at the time of their birth other than on Crown Service.

tabling member constituency

Torridge and West Devon

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Mr Geoffrey Cox

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49207

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

26/10/2016

answer text

Children who are born overseas to British citizens by descent and do not acquire British citizenship automatically are able to apply for registration as a citizen where the family can demonstrate a close connection with the UK.The child of a British citizen is also able to enter the UK under the Immigration Rules as the child of a settled parent.There are no plans to change the law in this respect at the current time.

answering member constituency

Scarborough and Whitby

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Mr Robert Goodwill

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26/10/2016 16:37:02

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label	Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

tabling member

1508

label	Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox