This bill confirms in law that EEA and Swiss nationals exercising free movement rights between 1983-2000 were settled in the UK, ensuring their UK-born children are recognised as automatic British citizens.
A Bill to make provision for immigration restrictions to be disregarded for the purposes of the British Nationality Act 1981 in historical cases in which such restrictions were in practice disregarded.
Status: Act of Parliament
Current House: Unassigned
Stage: Royal Assent
Sponsored by: Suella Braverman, Lord Murray of Blidworth
Introduced: 2023-05-24
Royal Assent: 2023-06-29