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you should say that the measure is not based on the

same grounds as the entitlement under section 5 of

the Act for BDTCS by connection with Gibraltar to

register as British Citizens.

Gibraltar is a

European territory of an EC Member State and the

entitlement to British citizenship derives from

the status of the people concerned as UK nationals

for the purpose of the EC Treaties.

3.

Other paragraphs of this guidance may be drawn

on as necessary.

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4. All Falkland Islanders already have freedom

to enter the UK under an administrative concession

announced in April. The Bill would in effect give

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cuts across the scheme and logic of the now Act

that British citizenshin should be confined to those

with close connections with the UK while denendent

Territories should have their own citizenship for

those with close connections with a territory.

Also, the Bill may well be claimed as a precedent

for granting British citizenshin for those whose

connections are with other dependent territories.]

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A similar amendment was defeated by only one

vote during the third reading of the British

Nationality Bill last year.

therefore

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reasons The Government/decided that they should not

oppose Baroness Vickers' Bill, and have offered

drafting assistance with a view to improving it

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Bill, Lord Elton, Under Secretary of State for the

Home Offre sard that it will be contrary to the

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