HC Deb 05 November 1979 vol 973 c40W
Mr. J. Enoch Powell

asked the Lord Privy Seal which are the Commonwealth countries under whose law citizenship can be claimed in certain circumstances by persons born in the United Kingdom to parents who are citizens of those countries by descent.

Mr. Luce

From the latest information we have it appears that the laws of all Commonwealth countries, with the exception of Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Tonga, contains provisions allowing their citizenship to be claimed in certain circumstances by persons born in the United Kingdom to parents who are citizens of these countries by descent.

Forward to