HL Deb 17 February 1981 vol 417 c675WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies resident in India renounced that citizenship in each of the last five years.

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Lord Carrington)

The figures for 1979 and 1980 are 71 and 77 respectively. Figures for previous years could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.