asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether an Eireann citizen, domiciled in the City of Manchester, may register as British before, or after, 18th April, 1949.

I presume that the hon. and gallant Member is referring to a notice under Section 2 (1) of the British Nationality Act, 1948, claiming on certain specified grounds to remain a British subject. Such a notice may be given at any time.

Would the right hon. Gentleman make it widely known, through the Press or otherwise, how the people concerned can obtain the necessary forms in order to apply for registration?

There is no need to use a form at all. If a person desires to make certain that his request is made in the proper language, he should write to the Home Office, who will supply him with a draft letter, which can be copied and returned.

In the case of the British subject by birth—the person who has never lived in the Irish Free State, Eire or the Eireann Republic, but who was born and lived in Ireland when it was part of the United Kingdom—does he need to do anything?

I wish the hon. Gentleman would put that Question on the Paper.