HC Deb 23 July 1997 vol 298 cc602-3W
Mr. Casale

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to review the GCHQ nationality rules requiring parents, step-parents or guardians of applicants for employment to have been Commonwealth citizens or Irish citizens resident in the United Kingdom. [9824]

Mr. Robin Cook

GCHQ is in the process of revising its nationality rules, including the rule dealing with the nationality of a prospective employee's parents, and will be submitting its proposals to Ministers shortly.

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