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Aliens Legislation

Volume 809: debated on Thursday 21 January 1971

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to differentiate between aliens and non-aliens on the basis of whether or not those concerned are subjects of the Crown or citizens of republics.

No. Parliament decided in the British Nationality Act, 1948, that citizens of other Commonwealth countries and of the Irish Republic should not be aliens in this country. The Government have no plans to disturb this arrangement.