§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to extend the rights of United Kingdom citizens living in the Channel Islands by equalising them with those enjoyed by persons born in the Channel Islands living in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe rights of United Kingdom citizens living in the Channel Islands are governed by Island legislation and such United Kingdom legislation as extends to the Islands; those of persons born in the Channel Islands living in the United Kingdom depend on United Kingdom legislation alone. I have no plans to alter these arrangements.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now make provision for United Kingdom citizens living in the Channel Islands to make objections to the Nationality Bill.
§ Mr. WhitelawI have already consulted the authorities in the Islands about the Nationality Bill, and I continue to be prepared to consider any representations which individual residents in the Islands might wish to make.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many United Kingdom citizens have been (a) deported and (b) banned from the Channel Islands within the last 12 months.
§ Mr. WhitelawNone. In July 1980, however, three United Kingdom citizens who had pleaded guilty to an offence under Guernsey legislation agreed to a condition of binding over that they would leave the Island and not return for two years.