Question follow-through · 182
British Nationality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the existing rights for individuals holding British Overseas Citizen status.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 19 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the existing rights for individuals holding British Overseas Citizen status.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2026
Answer published
British Overseas Citizenship (BOC) is a form of British nationality defined in the British Nationality Act 1981. Those who hold BOC status are British nationals and are entitled to hold a British passport and to receive consular assistance overseas.BOCs d...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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