Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the denial of citizenship to illegitimate children born abroad before 1 July 2006 to British Overseas Territories fathers was discussed as part of either the main agendas or in side meetings during the Overseas Joint Ministerial Council, on 1 and 2 November 2016 and 7 February 2017; if so, what was the outcome of those discussions; and if not, what plans they have, in conjunction with those territories, to take this matter forward.

This issue was not discussed at the Joint Ministerial Council. The review of citizenship is ongoing.