Proceeding contribution from Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 July 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill on Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords].
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords]
I think the Minister has missed the point. The new clause is really a request for a reciprocal arrangement to the one that exists for people who live in the United Kingdom and want to claim Irish citizenship. For them, there is an easy route. All the new clause is requesting is that that easy route be available in the other direction. That is why this is a unique situation: people who wish to have Irish citizenship have a method by which they can get it quickly, so to reciprocate in the other direction seems to me to be fairly sensible.
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- 2008-09
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- Children Appeals Courts Asylum Detainees Deportation British nationality Borders Eligibility Immigration controls Immigration Human trafficking Judicial review Gurkhas Northern Ireland Migrant workers Republic of Ireland Detention centres UK Border Agency Highly skilled migrant programme Common travel area
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- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill (HL) 2008-09
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