United States: Immigration Policy

Lord McInnes of Kilwinning Excerpts

Monday 27th February 2017 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Anelay of St Johns]

Yes, and yes.

[Lord McInnes of Kilwinning (Con)]

My Lords, what steps are Her Majesty’s Government taking to ensure that British Iranian nationals are recognised as such by the Iranian Government?

[Baroness Anelay of St Johns]

My Lords, that is an extremely important question because of the problems, as we have discussed over the past six to seven months, which ensue when one country does not recognise the validity of dual nationality. Iran is just such a country. We continue to have discussions at ministerial and ambassadorial levels with Iran to try to resolve some of the consequences of its refusal to accept that one can ever revoke one’s own Iranian nationality. Iran is not the only country involved and we continue those negotiations with other countries, too.