§ Mr. Roger Whiteasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the criteria used by his Department in considering applications for British nationality differ as between applications from aliens and Commonwealth citizens.
§ Mr. LaneA Commonwealth citizen who was ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, and free of conditions, on 1st January 1973 has an entitlement to registration on completion of five year's ordinary residence—and certain citizens of Pakistan have a corresponding entitlement for a transitional period under the Pakistan Act 1973. In other cases the most important in practice of the points of difference between the statutory criteria for registration and naturalisation relates to residential qualifications.