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Amendment 41 seeks to ensure that Chagossians can apply for British citizenship indefinitely. The Government believe it is right that British citizenship should be limited to those Chagossians with a close and continuing connection with the United Kingdom, and that normally it should be passed on only to the first generation born outside the UK. Of course, if a Chagossian British citizen lives in the UK, his or her children born here will be British citizens. If children are born overseas to a British citizen by descent, the legislation contains sufficient provisions for a child to be registered where a continuing connection with the United Kingdom is demonstrated.