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Immigration Bill

Proceeding contribution from James Brokenshire (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 7 May 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.

Yes. My hon. Friend rightly points to article 15 of the universal declaration of human rights, which makes a point about protection against the arbitrary deprivation of nationality. We are very

clear that the provision is not arbitrary. It is a very focused and proportionate power that meets not only those requirements, but our obligations under the UN convention on the reduction of statelessness of 1961, and the declaration made by the UK when it ratified that convention in 1966. We have considered our international obligations very carefully. We believe that the provision absolutely complies with the obligations that we have set for ourselves.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
580 c193 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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