Mr. J. Enoch Powellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the reply of 8 November to the right hon. Member for Down, South, how many members of the United Kingdom delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation have a claim to the citizenship of a country other than the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. LuceAs far as can be ascertained from the information held by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, four members of the United Kingdom delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation may have a claim to the citizenship of a country other than the United Kingdom. We cannot rule out the possibility that other members of the delegation might, by virtue of their place of birth or ancestry, also have some claim to the citizenship of other countries. This would depend on the nationality laws of the countries concerned.