OSR 11 (Revised)
RECORD,
CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT:XXXXbetteteletter/des patch
FROM:
TYPE: Draft/Final 1+
Reference
DEPARTMENT:
TEL. NO:
ECURITY CLASSIFICATION
TO:
Top Secret
ecret
Confidential
Restricted
Unclassified
RIVACY MARKING
.In Confidence
AVEAT.......
Your Reference
Copies to:
SUBJECT:
NEW NATIONALITY LAW : MEETING BETWEEN THE LORD PRIVY SEAL
AND THE HOME SECRETARY
-
9 JUNE 1980
Present
The Lord Privy Seal
Mr Richard Luce MP
Mr Adams
Mr Clift
The Home Secretary
Mr Timothy Raison MP
Mr Philip Woodfield
Mr Chilcot
nclosures-flag(s)...........
t
Relevant employment for Businessmen
1.
The Home Secretary opened by saying that they
accepted the FCO's proposal that businessmen should be
included in the special arrangements for the transmission
of citizenship by descent for those in 'relevant employ-
ment'. The Home Office still had some misgivings about
muhr
this and may want to consider whether there was an
argument for slightly different treatment for businessmen
as opposed to other categories but they were not opposed
to the idea in principle.
Citizenship for the Dependent Territories
2. The Home Secretary recalled that they had agreed to
have three rather than two separate citizenships. This
was, however, the limit of the concessions they were
CONFIDENTIAL
/prepared