Written question asked by Lord Goodhart (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord West of Spithead (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 June 2008.

British Citizenship

Question: asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the Citizenship, Immigration and Borders Bill, included in their draft legislative programme for 2008–09, will give effect to their undertaking, given in the debate on the UK Borders Bill on 11 October 2007, to enable children born outside the United Kingdom between 1 January 1949 and 7 February 1961 inclusive to obtain British citizenship if their mother (but not their father) was a British citizen at the date of their birth.

Answer: Amendments to Section 4C of the British Nationality Act 1981, to remove the requirement for a person applying for registration under that section to have been born after 7 February 1961, will be amended at the earliest appropriate legislative opportunity.

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