HC Deb 08 February 2001 vol 362 cc667-8W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date he first made public the Government's proposals for the change of policy on citizenship outlined in paragraph 10.7 of the White Paper "Fairer, Faster and Firmer—A Modern Approach to Immigration and Asylum"; and if he will make a statement. [147633]

Mrs. Roche

[holding answer 29 January 2001]: The Government's formal proposals, as set out in paragraph 10.7 of the White Paper "Fairer, Faster and Firmer—A Modern Approach to Immigration and Asylum" were first published in the White Paper on 27 July 1998.