British Overseas Territories Bill

HL Deb 03 December 2001 vol 629 cc82-3WA

The Earl of Mar and Kelli

asked Her Majesty's. Government:

Whether the British Overseas Territories Bill will give any right of residence in the overseas territories to British citizens. [HL1523]

Baroness Amos

The Bill will give no right of residence in the overseas territories to British citizens. The grant of British citizenship, and the right of abode which flows from it, is non-reciprocal.