Clause 1 - Removal of existing nationality requirements
Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill
4:30 pm
Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North, Labour)
It is always an honour for a Pound to have a pennyworth. I must say that I was swept away by the hon. Gentleman's glorious tide of 19th century Russian history. I had not realised that the number of advisers to Russian empresses included one of his ancestors.
In the hon. Gentleman's earlier comments about a conflict of loyalty, did it occur to him that many thousands of Irish, Indian and Nepalese soldiers have fought and died for this country, with no problem of conflict of loyalty? Does he not feel that there is possibly an element of double standards?