under the present proposals in that their children will be entitled
to registration.
The children of those people of later generations
who have been consularly-registered could, if they resettle in this
country, obtain citizenship by the normal means. It must also be borne
in mind that a system on the lines of the New Zealand one would
undoubtedly be exploited.
It would be necessary to attach to it a
period or residence in this country.
Since many children of British
people settled abroad are sent here for education it would be expected
that a relatively short period, say 5 years, between any ages, would be
sufficient. Accordingly it would be exploited by people who would send their children (being citizens by descent) to the United Kingdom for a
sufficient time in order to have them converted to citizens by birth,
thereupon acquiring the right of transmission for one further generation.
(e) To link the right of transmission bevond the first
generation to service with United Kingdom firms
Comment
An idea of this kind would certainly benefit employees of some firms,
though it would be difficult to apply it where, for example, the
United Kingdom firm had to operate through a locally-registered
subsidiary;
nor would it help self-employed people. But most of all
there is the risk of abuse, since it is easy to acquire the title of
a United Kingdom company; and shell companies could be used to create
large numbers of additional British Citizens overseas.
(f) To grant British Overseas Citizenship, or perhaps even British
subject status, to the second generation born abroad
Comment
This would certainly have the advantage that people of the second
generation born abroad could feel that they had British status, and
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