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ufficient in itself. By no means certain that parents
would be free to take up residence for a number of
years with their child in the UK during his minority
without unreasonable interference with their careers.
In any event there would in many cases be a period of
some years after the child's birth before parents could
do this during which absence of citizenship and UK
passport for the child could be a problem.
(c) Automatic transmission of British citizenship to the
second generation born in existing dependencies if
there is a British citizen father or mother and a UK
born grandfather.
Comment. This is equivalent to effect of present
nationality/immigration position. Even if transmission
is restricted to first generation in foreign and
Commonwealth countries it is arguable that birth in
Crown territory of second generation should be enough
to transmit UK citizenship.
In addition to (a), (b) and (c) one of the following:
(d) Automatic transmission to the second generation born
overseas if there is a UK-born grandparent and a
British citizen father or mother.
Comment. Would create many more British citizens than
now with a right of abode in the UK. Would possibly be
criticised as racist by allowing transmission to second
generation for UK-born families and not even to first
-generation for Commonwealth immigrants who have
acquired citizenship by registration. (Home Office proposal would not be free from this criticism.) Defence
would be that to secure citizenship by registration
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