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PREM19/1272
Immigration (British Nationality Act 1981; British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Amendment Bill) (Part 2)

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Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 77
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81 Nov 19 Thu Immigration: Whitelaw letter to Lord Carrington ("British Nationality Act 1981 - Date of Commencement") ["a complex piece of legislation whose implementation will need very careful handling"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Nov 25 Wed Immigration: Lord Carrington minute to Whitelaw ("British Nationality Act 1981") ["The timing suits us well" - completing discussions with dependent territories and training consular officers] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 May 26 Wed Immigration: Whitelaw PS letter to Pym PS ("British Nationality Act 1981: Designation of Service under Section 2(3)") [applicable categories of employment for parents of UK citizen children born abroad] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Jul 23 Fri Immigration: Whitelaw PS letter to Biffen PS (Falkland Islands (British Citizenship) (No 2) Bill) ["should be blocked"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Oct 25 Mon Immigration: Whitelaw PS letter to No.10 ("Select Committee on Home Affairs") [rights of non-British citizens to vote in UK elections] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Nov 17 Wed Immigration: Whitelaw letter to MT ("British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Amendment Bill") ["to give British citizenship to everyone who has a connection with the Falkland Islands"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Dec 10 Fri Immigration: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands: Nationality") ['Buenos Aires Herald' editorial on decision to extend full citizenship to all inhabitants of the islands] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jun 3 Fri Immigration: Whitelaw PS letter to No.10 ("British Overseas Citizens: Canadian Visas") ["a problem... that might lend colour, during the Election campaign, to charges... [of] second class citizenship"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Mar 7 Wed Immigration: Brittan PS letter to No.10 (British Nationality Fees) [White Paper] [declassified Jan 2014]