Oral Answers to Questions — Palestine. – in the House of Commons at on 20 March 1935.
Miss Eleanor Rathbone
, Combined English Universities
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a British woman who marries a man of Palestinian nationality loses her British nationality and acquires that of her husband or whether she retains both; and, in the latter case, whether the children of the marriage acquire dual nationality?
Mr John Gilmour
, Glasgow Pollok
Palestinian citizenship is not regarded as a nationality for the purpose of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act. The wife would not lose British nationality by reason of the Palestinian citizenship of the husband.
Miss Eleanor Rathbone
, Combined English Universities
Will the right hon. Gentleman supplement that answer by saying whether the wife would also become a Palestinian citizen or only become a British citizen?
Mr John Gilmour
, Glasgow Pollok
The matter is rather complicated, and, if the hon. Member will consult with me at the Home Office, I shall be glad to see her.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
