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4. In framing their ideas for new legislation the
Government have taken careful account of representations
which they have received from dependencies.
In proposing
broadly identical provisions for the acquisition of citizen-
ship for both British Citizenship and Citizenship of the
Dependent Territories the Government have taken account of
the circumstances of dependencies, and have seen no reason
to think that the proposals they make would be inappropriate
in the circumstances of particular dependencies. However,
the Government decision to publish their views in the form
of a White Paper well before the presentation of the Bill to
Parliament gives an opportunity and a very firm basis for
any further comments which dependencies may wish to make.
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5.
We believe in the decision to have a separate citizen-
ship category for the denendencies. so making a 3-category
citizenship scheme instead of a 2-category scheme as suggested
in the Green Paper would be widely welcomed in dependencies.
We hope that it will be accepted that to have individual
citizenship for each dependency is impracticable for the
reasons given (WP ) (Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Falkland
Islands and Belize may also wish to point out that the
institution of separate citizenships for individual
dependencies could have created political problems with
neighbouring countries.)
The remaining problem therefore
has been the need to find a suitable title for the separate
citizenship for the dependencies.
Paragraph 15 of the White
Paper has been carefully_worded so as to indicate that the
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Government are not firmly with their suggested title
"Citizen of the British Dependent Territories. But if
dependencies choose to suggest an alternative we hope that
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