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dispense with the normal statutory provisions.
Government has given an assurance that these wives and widows may come to the United Kingdom with a view to settlement at any time, and it would then be open to them to apply in the normal way to be registered or
naturalised as British citizens when they meet the
statutory requirements.
Use Lord Bonham-Carter's Bill to increase British citizenship places being made available to the Army and Navy locally engaged
personnel (LEPS)?
The allocation of places to the LEPS is determined according to the formulae set vul in the two Selection
Scheme Orders in Council. The LEPS, like all the
others in the Disciplined Services Class, have been given places in proportion to their total numbers, which are relatively small. Making more provision for
the LEPS would undoubtedly result in pressure from other occupational groups where the number of places
has been insufficient to meet demand.
decided on a 50,000 limit on places. There is no
justification for opening up the matter again.
LEPS have done as well proportionately as others.
Parliament
The
The ethnic minorities will be effectively stateless after 1997 and failure to rectify their position will conflict with our obligations under the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of
Statelessness.
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