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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

On the noble Lord’s last point, people who have chosen to reside in other member states of the United Nations or beyond will have residential status in those states and may indeed have the opportunity to take on the country’s nationality. On this occasion, I was not declaring a policy or a premonition on behalf of the Government; I was simply stating the historical facts relating to the trials and tribulations of nationality over the past half century. I think that we can usefully return to this matter on Report, when we may have had the opportunity to discuss individual cases. Perhaps then we can minimise our differences to arguing not about the facts but just about the policy.