§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what passports were provided for children sent to Australia, Canada or Rhodesia under the orphans migration scheme from 1963; and what provisions now exist for people sent out under that scheme to establish their claim to British passports and British citizenship.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI have been asked to reply.
It will take some time to establish what documentation was provided under the orphans migration scheme and I will write to the hon. Member about that in due course.
However, anyone who can establish a claim to British citizenship will be issued with a passport in the normal way under the provisions of the British Nationality Act 1981.