Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (Lab):...The Bill’s early
clauses seek to bring into line the two elements of British
nationality—British citizenship and British overseas territories
citizenship. For the benefit of those on the Committee, I point out
that British overseas territories citizenship is the citizenship of
people connected to the territories that the UK has retained. It
includes the following territories: Anguilla, Bermuda, the British
Antarctic Territory, the British...Request free trial
(Enfield, Southgate)
(Lab):...The Bill’s early clauses seek to bring into line the two
elements of British nationality—British citizenship and British
overseas territories citizenship. For the benefit of those on the
Committee, I point out that British overseas territories
citizenship is the citizenship of people connected to the
territories that the UK has retained. It includes the following
territories: Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Antarctic Territory,
the British Indian Ocean Territory, the British Virgin Islands, the
Cayman Islands, the Falkland
Islands Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St
Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands....
...Those who would be BOCs but for such an error should not be
excluded from the proposed remedy. They have suffered from
historical unfairness, just as those who would be British citizens
or BOTCs today have done. Prior to 1983, there was one substantive
class of British nationals, citizens of the United Kingdom and
colonies. When the British Nationality Act 1981 came into force on
1 January 1983, CUKCs were divided and reclassified into three
categories: British citizens, connected to the UK; British
dependent territories citizens—now BOTCs—connected to the remaining
British overseas territories, such as the Falkland
Islands and Gibraltar; and BOCs, connected to the
former British colonies...
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