New Clause 1 - Requirement of oath or affirmation
Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill
4:45 pm
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon, Labour)
I am pleased that the hon. Gentleman has recognised that there is potential for discrimination between classes of civil servant. One of my main concerns was that there could be a series of different types of oath. It is important to point out that the proposal is not an oath of allegiance to the Crown. Having said that, there is a series of potential anomalies about who should and should not swear some sort of oath of allegiance.