| Heading: |
British Nationality |
| Question ID: |
1814119 |
| UIN: |
61090 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5218 |
| Asking Member display name: |
David Smith
|
| Asking Member handle: |
|
| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
David Smith
|
| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a pathway for British citizens by descent to upgrade citizenship status after a defined period of continuous UK residency. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
|
| Date answered: |
2025-06-26 |
| Date answer corrected: |
|
| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4253 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Seema Malhotra
|
| Answering Member handle: |
SeemaMalhotra1
|
| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@SeemaMalhotra1
|
| Correcting Member ID: |
|
| Correcting Member display name: |
|
| Correcting Member handle: |
|
| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
|
| Answer text: |
The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under review. However, British nationality law is governed by the British Nationality Act 1981, which came into force on 1 January 1983. There is no power in law to grant British citizenship outs... |
| Original answer text: |
|
| Comparable answer text: |
|
| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |