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Standing Committee F: 2nd April 1981
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British Nationality Bill continued
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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
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Schedule 1, page 41, line 12, leave out 'or Welsh '.
Limitation of discretion
Mr Roy Hattersley
Mr George Morton
Mr J. Enoch Powell
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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