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Post by Admin on Dec 7, 2021 19:11:04 GMT
The House of Commons debate controversial immigration bill MPs debate the controversial Nationality and Borders Bill aimed at reducing the UK's refugee intake. Under a new draft clause added to the government’s Nationality and Borders Bill, which was proposed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, people in the United Kingdom could be stripped of their citizenship without warning. Clause 9 of the Nationality and Borders Bill, proposed in July and updated in November, exempts the government from giving notice of a decision to deprive a person of citizenship if authorities do not have the subject’s contact details or if it is not “reasonably practical” to do so. The clause states that notice would also not be given if such a move is “in the public interest”. However, the Home Office has said those deprived of citizenship will still have the right to appeal. A precedent was set in 2019, after Shamima Begum, who was born in London, was stripped of her UK citizenship due to her connections with the ISIL (ISIS). Sajid Javid, home secretary at the time, argued that although Begum did not have a foreign passport, she would not be stateless because of her Bangladeshi ancestry. However, Bangladesh, which she had never visited, said she had no claim to the South Asian nation.
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2021 12:24:39 GMT
Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) - 8 December 2021
Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine 'open question' from an MP about the Prime Minister's engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
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