HC Deb 28 November 1946 vol 430 c1754
6. Mr. Peter Freeman

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that by the description and nationality of origin on certificates of identity, those born in the U.S.S.R. before the revolution as well as certain others are given an unexisting nationality; and if he will consider recording such people as stateless or accept the descriptions desired by the person concerned when the actual nationality of his parents is unknown.

Mr. Ede

I do not understand my hon. Friend's difficulty. The insertion of a nationality of origin in one of these documents does not imply that the holder still possesses that nationality. The answer to the second part of the Question is in the negative.

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