Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

I support Amendment 86. It would be unjust to the children of members of the Armed Forces if, by the accident of their being born the year before this clause came into effect, a child who was born a year later had a right that his elder brother or sister did not have. That has a degree of discrimination against children who are equally children of members of the Armed Forces. I cannot at the moment see the logic of that, other than just to reduce the number of people who would be entitled to become British citizens. In the context of a clause that is intended to be generous, this shows a lack of generosity to child members of the family.