PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(13 May 2025)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing British citizens to transmit their citizenship to their children born abroad.

Asked by:
Mr Joshua Reynolds (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

There are already provisions in sections 2 and 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981 for children born abroad to British citizens to acquire citizenship, either automatically, or by registration where the child or parent can demonstrate a connection to the UK.


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