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Movement within the EEC
The present definition of 'United Kingdom national' for EEC
purposes would need to be redrawn, in negotiation with our partners
in the Community, so that all British Citizens would have the same
freedom of movement within the EEC (paragraph 28).
Transmission to Children Born Abroad
It is suggested that, in general, the transmission of British
Citizenship to those born abroad might be confined to the first
generation (paragraphs 40-44), that women should be able to transmit
it to their illegitimate, as well as to their legitimate, children
born abroad (paragraphs 36-39).
Acquisition by Virtue of Marriage
The document discusses whether, and if so on what terms, husbands
ought to be able to acquire British Citizenship because of marriage to
wives who are citizens; and whether the right to acquire citizenship
which women have under the present law ought to be modified correspond-
ingly. Some suggestions about changes that might be made are contained
in paragraphs 46-48.
Naturalisation
The question whether there should be any change in the
requirements for the grant of naturalisation, for example as to the
standards of character and knowledge of the language, is discussed in
paragraphs 49-58.
Dual Nationality
Our present law imposes no restriction on the holding of dual nationality. Paragraphs 59-63 mention some of the complexities
arising from ual nationality and discuss what changes might be made.
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British Overseas Citizenship
It is suggested that British Overseas Citizenship might be
conferred on those citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies who
were born, naturalised or registered in an existing dependency, or
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