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ALL FALKLAND ISLANDERS ALREADY HAVE FREEDOM TO ENTER THE
THE UK UNDER AN ADMINISTRATIVE CONCESSION ANNOUNCED IN APRIL. BILL REPRESENTS A FURTHER STEP BY GRANTING THE ISLANDERS BRITISH CITIZENSHIP AND THUS AUTOMATICALLY THE RIGHT OF ABODE
IN THE UK.
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THE GOVERNMENT HAVE DECIDED NOT TO OPPOSE BARONESS VICKERS' BILL AND HAVE OFFERED DRAFTING ASSISTANCE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING IT: AN AMENDMENT CONTAINING PROVISIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE PRESENT BILL WAS DEFEATED ON A TIED VOTE AT THE THIRD READING OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY BILL LAST YEAR.
6. IN STATING THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TO THE BILL, LORD ELTON, UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME OFFICE, SAID THAT IT WILL BE CONTRARY TO THE SCHEME OF THE ACT TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE AS BRITISH CITIZENS WHEN THEIR CONNECTIONS ARE ACTUALLY WITH A
HOWEVER, REFERRING TO THE FALKLANDS DEPENDENT TERRITORY. CONFLICT, LORD ELTON SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT ACCEPTED THAT THESE CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO CONSTITUTE A WHOLLY EXCEPTIONAL CASE FOR GRANTING A BRITISH CITIZENSHIP TO ALL THE ISLANDERS AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD THEREFORE NOT OPPOSE THE BILL. HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS WILL BE A SPECIAL CASE
HE ALSO WHICH MUST NOT ESTABLISH A MISLEADING PRECEDENT. REAFFIRMED HMG'S COMMITMENT TO ALL THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.
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