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BRITISH NATIONALITY BILL: HOUSE OF LORDS THIRD READING: LORD GEDDES AMENDMENT

Could a different title [eg British (name of dependency)

Citizen] be used in passports instead of British Dependent

Territories Citizen?

433

I must say that we see great difficulty in stating in passports

Bill.

a person's status in terms different from that provided in this

cannot offer any expectation of change on these lines.

However the status of British Dependent Territories citizen

could probably be followed by the name of the dependency to which

the passport holder is connected.

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