| Heading: |
British Nationality |
| Question ID: |
1787232 |
| UIN: |
40163 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4126 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mary Glindon
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Mary Glindon
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of recent changes made to her Department's guidance entitled Nationality: good character requirement, published on 10 February 2025, on commu |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4253 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Seema Malhotra
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| Answering Member handle: |
SeemaMalhotra1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@SeemaMalhotra1
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The British Nationality Act 1981 is clear that it is for the Home Secretary to determine the good character policy. There is no definition of good character in primary legislation, nor is there statutory guidance as to how this should be interpreted or de... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |