§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Lord Privy Seal how many citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies in Malaysia have, for each year since independence, applied for a United Kingdom and Colonies passport; and how many of those applying held no other citizenship.
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§ Mr. LuceThe numbers of passport applications made to the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur in each year from 1968 to 1980 were:
1968 1,100 1969 1,050 1970 842 1971 733 1972 1,176 1973 610 1974 826 1975 879 1976 870 1977 919 1978 870 1979 936 1980 991 Information on the numbers of passport applications between independence and 1968, on how many applicants hold no other citizenship, and the grounds on which they acquired their citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Lord Privy Seal how many citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies in Malaysia renounced United Kingdom and Colonies citizenship in each year since independence.
§ Mr. LuceNo citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in Malaysia has renounced his citizenship in Malaysia since 1970, the earliest year for which records are held at the High Commission in Kuala Lumpur.
§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Lord Privy Seal through what procedure a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in Malaysia must go in order to apply for a United Kingdom and Colonies passport.
§ Mr. LuceAll citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies in Malaysia who apply for United Kingdom passports do so in the normal way. If the person does not also hold Malaysian citizenship, his application is dealt with in the usual manner.
If the applicant also holds Malaysian citizenship, he is informed that the Malaysian Government do not recognise dual nationality for their citizens, that the Malaysian constitution provides that any Malaysian citizen who voluntarily claims or exercises in any other country any rights accorded exclusively to that country's citizens may be deprived of Malaysian citizenship, and that, as a consequence, British passports are normally not issued to applicants who are also Malaysian citizens unless they are leaving Malaysia permanently and have been accepted for permanent residence elsewhere. Applications from dual nationals are, in practice, invariably withdrawn where the intention is to return to Malaysia.