Motion text
That this House believes that no child should be priced out of British citizenship; is appalled by the Home Office practice of charging a fee of £1,012 to register a child for British citizenship; is further appalled that the Home Office makes a profit of £640 from each child citizenship application; notes the Court of Appeal ruling of 19 February 2021 which declared this practice unlawful; believes that children born in the UK should be granted automatic British citizenship; urgently calls on the Home Office to immediately cease profiting from child citizenship fees and limit charges associated with child citizenship to the cost of processing applications; and further calls on the Government to review the impact of such fees on children’s human rights.
Signatures (31)
The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on
24 January 2022
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
25 January 2022
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on
25 January 2022
Winter, Beth
Labour
Signed on
25 January 2022
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on
25 January 2022
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on
25 January 2022
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on
25 January 2022
Corbyn, Jeremy
Independent
Signed on
25 January 2022
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on
25 January 2022
Barker, Paula
Labour
Signed on
25 January 2022
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on
26 January 2022
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on
26 January 2022
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
MacAskill, Kenny
Alba Party
Signed on
27 January 2022
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on
27 January 2022
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
27 January 2022
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on
28 January 2022
Hanna, Claire
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on
31 January 2022
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
31 January 2022
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on
31 January 2022
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
31 January 2022
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
31 January 2022
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
31 January 2022
Callaghan, Amy
Scottish National Party
Signed on
31 January 2022
Crawley, Angela
Scottish National Party
Signed on
7 February 2022
Foy, Mary Kelly
Labour
Signed on
9 February 2022
Fellows, Marion
Scottish National Party
Signed on
23 February 2022
Abbott, Ms Diane
Labour
Signed on
15 March 2022
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on
22 March 2022
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.