British Citizenship: 18 Jan 2007: Hansard Written Answers

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(b) at the time of his birth his father did not possesses immunity from suit and legal process as was accorded to an envoy of a foreign country; (c) at the time of his birth his father was not an enemy alien and Hong Kong was not under occupation by the enemy; and (d) he has not made renunciation of British nationality.</p> </div> </div> <ul class="debate-speech__meta debate-speech__links"> <li class="link-to-speech"> <a href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theyworkforyou.com%2Fwrans%2F%3Fid%3D2007-01-18b.173.1&text=Lord+Avebury+on+House+of+Lords%2C+at+TheyWorkForYou&amp;related=theyworkforyou%2Cmysociety" class="twitter debate-speech__meta__link js-twitter-share" target="_blank">Tweet</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share?app_id=734726803296567&display=popup&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theyworkforyou.com%2Fwrans%2F%3Fid%3D2007-01-18b.173.1&quote=Lord+Avebury+on+House+of+Lords%2C+at+TheyWorkForYou" data-url="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2007-01-18b.173.1" data-text="Lord Avebury on House of Lords, at TheyWorkForYou" class="facebook debate-speech__meta__link js-facebook-share">Share</a> </li> <li class="link-to-hansard"> <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldhansrd/text/70118w0001.htm#07011847000077" class="debate-speech__meta__link">Hansard source</a> <span> (Citation: HL Deb, 18 January 2007, c173W)</span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="debate-speech" id="g173.2"> <div class="full-page__row"> <div class="full-page__unit"> <a name="g173.2"></a> <div class="debate-speech__speaker-and-content"> <h2 class="debate-speech__speaker"> <a href="/peer/?p=13512"> <img src="/people-images/mps/13512.jpg" alt="Photo of Lord Bassam of Brighton"> <strong class="debate-speech__speaker__name">Lord Bassam of Brighton</strong> <small class="debate-speech__speaker__position">Government Whip, Government Whip</small> </a> </h2> <div class="debate-speech__content"> <p pid="b.173.2/1">Whether such a person would have had a claim to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Dependent_Territories">British Dependent Territories</a> citizenship is a matter of law which can be determined conclusively only by the courts. However, from the information provided, it appears that a person with the circumstances you have described would have been a British Dependent Territories citizen on those dates.</p> </div> <div class="debate-speech__question-answered"> <div class="debate-speech__question-answered-content"> <h3>Does this answer the above question?</h3> <p class="debate-speech__question-answered-result"> <a rel="nofollow" class="button" href="/vote/?v=1&id=12395946&ret=%2Fwrans%2F%3Fid%3D2007-01-18b.173.0" title="Rate this as answering the question">Yes</a><span class="question-answered-result__vote-text">8 people think so</span> </p> <p class="debate-speech__question-answered-result"> <a rel="nofollow" class="button" href="/vote/?v=0&id=12395946&ret=%2Fwrans%2F%3Fid%3D2007-01-18b.173.0" title="Rate this as NOT answering the question">No</a><span class="question-answered-result__vote-text">33 people think not</span> </p> <p class="subtle"> Would you like to <strong>ask a question like this yourself</strong>? Use our <a href="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com">Freedom of Information site</a>. </p> </div> </div> </div> <ul class="debate-speech__meta debate-speech__links"> <li class="link-to-speech"> <a href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theyworkforyou.com%2Fwrans%2F%3Fid%3D2007-01-18b.173.2&text=Lord+Bassam+of+Brighton+on+House+of+Lords%2C+at+TheyWorkForYou&amp;related=theyworkforyou%2Cmysociety" class="twitter debate-speech__meta__link js-twitter-share" target="_blank">Tweet</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share?app_id=734726803296567&display=popup&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theyworkforyou.com%2Fwrans%2F%3Fid%3D2007-01-18b.173.2&quote=Lord+Bassam+of+Brighton+on+House+of+Lords%2C+at+TheyWorkForYou" data-url="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2007-01-18b.173.2" data-text="Lord Bassam of Brighton on House of Lords, at TheyWorkForYou" class="facebook debate-speech__meta__link js-facebook-share">Share</a> </li> <li class="link-to-hansard"> <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldhansrd/text/70118w0001.htm#07011847000078" class="debate-speech__meta__link">Hansard source</a> <span> (Citation: HL Deb, 18 January 2007, c173W)</span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="debate-comments"> <div class="full-page__row"> <div class="full-page__unit"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="debate-navigation debate-navigation--footer" role="navigation"> <div class="full-page__row"> <div class="debate-navigation__pagination"> <div class="debate-navigation__previous-debate"> <a href="/wrans/?id=2007-01-18b.172.3" rel="prev">« Previous answer</a> </div> <div class="debate-navigation__all-debates"> <a href="/wrans/?d=2007-01-18" rel="up">All Written Answers on 18 Jan 2007</a> </div> <div class="debate-navigation__next-debate"> <a href="/wrans/?id=2007-01-18b.173.3" rel="next">Next answer »</a> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="footer" class="mysoc-footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="row"> <div class="medium-5 columns"> <h2 class="mysoc-footer__site-name">TheyWorkForYou</h2> <div class="mysoc-footer__site-description"> <p>Making it easy to keep an eye on the UK’s parliaments. 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