British Nationality: Children
Commons · Question 52158 · Tabled 13 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 21 May 2025
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing British citizens to transmit their citizenship to their children born abroad.
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 21 May 2025
There are already provisions in sections 2 and 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981 for children born abroad to British citizens to acquire citizenship, either automatically, or by registration where the child or parent can demonstrate a connection to th...