HC Deb 25 February 2002 vol 380 c909W
Mr. Ancram

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which members of the Zimbabwe Government and their family members(a) hold and (b) are entitled to hold British passports. [36104]

Angela Eagle

[holding answer 14 February 2002]: We have no record of having issued a British passport to any current members of the Zimbabwe cabinet. Eligibility for British passport facilities depends on the application of the terms of the British Nationality Act 1981 to the facts of a person's birth and descent. This information in respect of members of the Zimbabwe Government and their families is not held by the Passport Service. I understand that Zimbabwean nationality law now prohibits dual nationality and that in order to retain Zimbabwean nationality, Zimbabweans were required by January this year to renounce formally any other nationality they held.