Shamima Begum
(asked on 4th March 2019) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the removal of British citizenship from Shamima Begum has put the UK in breach of international law; and if so, what steps they intend to take to rectify the situation.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 18th March 2019
We do not comment on individual cases.
Decisions to deprive individuals of their citizenship are taken in accordance with UK law and our international obligations under the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.