New Clause 11 — Supplementary provision

Part of Immigration Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 pm on 30 January 2014.

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Photo of Theresa May Theresa May The Secretary of State for the Home Department 12:00, 30 January 2014

If the right hon. Gentleman would wait—such as those which provide for children to acquire British citizenship. And it would apply only to very serious cases of people whose conduct is

“seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the United Kingdom”.

Those safeguards and limitations are important. The amendment will allow the key consideration to be whether the person’s actions are consistent with the values we all attach to British citizenship. We may all have a slightly different interpretation of what they might be, but I am confident that Members of this House would agree that this is encapsulated by the oath that naturalised citizens take when they attend their citizenship ceremonies.