§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Defence what are the conditions under which persons whose parents are not British subjects by birth may be commissioned into Her Majesty's Forces: and what are the reasons therefor.
§ Mr. WellbelovedThe nationality rules applied to commissions in the Armed Forces broadly require applicants and their parents to have been born in the United Kingdom, the Irish Republic or in a Commonwealth country and to have remained British subjects or citizens of the Irish Republic at all times. This requirement, however, can and has been waived. The circumstances justifying this are in each case the subject of individual assesment.