United Kingdom, to retain citizenship by consular registration of
births would mean a massive growth in the number of people with
the right of abode, many of whom would be in the countries of
emigration and would have little or no real connexion with the
United Kingdom.
(b) To rely on domicile or permanent residence in the United
Kingdom as a test of whether citizenship should be passed on
Comment
It seems unlikely that a test of this kind could be passed by people
of, say, the second and later generations born overseas. The only
people living overseas who might pass the test would be those of the
first generation born overseas who are adequately dealt with anyway
in the proposed provisions.
(c) To extend the right of transmission by descent to the
second generation instead of the first
Comment
The result of this would be to add enormously to the numbers of people
who would acquire the right of entry to the United Kingdom.
(a)
To make use of similar provisions to those included
in the New Zealand Law
A note on the New Zealand provisions is attached. It seems, however,
to benefit largely those New Zealanders who, having been born outside
that country, return to it to settle; they then have to go through a
procedure very much like the normal naturalisation one, whereupon their
status is altered to that of citizenship by birth.
Comment
This sort of provision seems unlikely to help. People who are citizens
by descent and intend to return to the United Kingdom are provided for
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