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Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill

Proceeding contribution from Mel Stride (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Friday, 13 September 2013. It occurred during Debate on bills on Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill.

I thank my hon. Friend for making that extremely important point. We have the annual report on the armed forces covenant. The Bill proposed by my hon. Friend the Member for Woking addresses one key omission in the last annual report, namely the qualification or otherwise for naturalisation based on where a person happens to be five years prior to making their application.

Some have argued that that is a relatively narrow and small point, but it is a large and significant one, particularly now that it has gained huge public notice as a consequence of my hon. Friend’s Bill. Many of the military charities, including the Royal British Legion, have demonstrably shown support for it. It is therefore important that we give the Bill every possible support as it passes through both Houses.

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Reference

567 c1309 

Session

2013-14

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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