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Standing Committee F: 2nd April 1981

S.C. F

S.C.

British Nationality Bill continued

Standing Committee F: 2nd April 1981

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British Nationality Bill continued

Right to registration by virtue of parent's status as patrial citizen

Mr Alexander Lyon

To move the following Clause: -

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'A person who was born outside the United Kingdom before commencement shall be entitled on application for registration to be registered as a British citizen if his father or mother was a patrial citizen of the United Kingdom and colonies.'.

Mr Alexander Lyon

Mr Roy Hattersley

Mr George Morton

NC7

Mr John Tilley

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Schedule 1, page 41, line 12, leave out sub-paragraph (c).

Mr J. Enoch Powell

228

Schedule 1, page 41, line 12, leave out 'or Welsh '.

Limitation of discretion

Mr Roy Hattersley

Mr George Morton

Mr J. Enoch Powell

229

Mr John Tilley

To move the following Clause:—

Wherever the citizenship of any person may be affected by the exercise of any discre- tion vested, by virtue of this Act or of any regulation or Order in Council made there- under, in the Secretary of State, a Governor, or a Lieutenant-Governor, that discretion shall be exercised without any egard to that person's race, colour or religion.'.

Schedule 1, page 41, line 21, leave out from 'Kingdom' to end of line 26.

NC8

Mr J. Enoch Powell

230

Schedule 1, page 42, line 22, leave out 'physical condition' and insert 'other reasons'.

Mr Roy Hattersley

Mr George Morton

Mr Roy Hattersley

Mr John Tilley

161

Mr George Morton

Mr John Tilley

Schedule 1, page 42, leave out lines 24 to 50.

Schedule 1, page 41, line 4, leave out from beginning to end of line 23 on page 42.

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Mr Timothy Raison

222

Mr Alexander Lyon

Schedule 1, page 45, line 15, after 'Kingdom', insert ‘or elsewhere'.

Schedule 1, page 41, line 11, leave out sub-paragraph (b) and insert—

'(b) that he:-

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Mr Timothy Raison

223

Mr George Morton

Mr John Tilley

(i) has not been convicted of an offence which is not spent under the Re-

habilitation of Offenders Act 1974;

(ii) has not been convicted abroad of an offence which would be extraditable

within the five years prior to the application for naturalisation ;

(iii) was not released from a sentence of imprisonment of more than 20 months

within a period of less than five years before his application;

(iv) is not an undischarged bankrupt;

(v) is not disqualified by order of a court from serving as a company director ; (vi) is not a danger to national security.

The Secretary of State may dispense with any of these conditions if he thinks fit.'.

Mr Roy Hattersley

Schedule 1, page 45, line 20, after

1961', insert 'being an order made in connection

with his conviction of an offence ".

Mr Timothy Raison

224

Schedule 1, page 45, line 44, after 'territory', insert ‘or elsewhere '.

Mr Timothy Raison

225

Schedule 1, page 45, line 49, after 'direction', insert 'made in connection with his con-

viction of an offence and '.

Schedule 1, page 41, line 11, leave out sub-paragraph (b).

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