§ Mr. Heddleasked the Lord Privy Seal what regulations exist which prevent children of parents holding British citizens' passports from holding a British citizen's passport themselves.
§ Mr. LuceOur practice is based on the established principle that countries should issue passports only to their own nationals.
If children of citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies are not themselves citizens and require separate travel documents, these fall to be provided by the authorities of the country of which they are nationals or, if they are stateless, of the country in which they are resident. If there is any problem in doing this and the family need to travel urgently, we are normally prepared to add children's names to the mother's or father's British passport for a specific journey.