I understand, I think, where the Minister is coming from in attaching a normative value to the word "citizenship". I take a view, as someone who naturalised to citizenship in this country, that there is something privileged and special about being a citizen of the United Kingdom. The Minister said that he has some flexibility. This may not be the time to put various suggestions to him, and I shall do so in writing, but would he think of "qualifying citizenship" as a solution?
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Falkner of Margravine
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 2 March 2009.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL].
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