Written Question·Home Office·UIN 52158

British Nationality: Children

Tabled: 13 May 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025

Question

Mr Joshua Reynolds

Liberal DemocratMaidenhead

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing British citizens to transmit their citizenship to their children born abroad.

Answer

Seema Malhotra
There are already provisions in sections 2 and 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981 for children born abroad to British citizens to acquire citizenship, either automatically, or by registration where the child or parent can demonstrate a connection to th...

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