Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2023 to Question 191889 on Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad, what progress his Department has made on bringing forward secondary legislation under the Elections Act 2022 to implement his policies on overseas voting before the General Election.
Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Details of legislation will be set out in the usual way.
Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: Living in Burkina FasoFound: This guide sets out essential information for British citizens moving to or living in Burkina Faso.
Mentions:
1: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) Overseas voting provides an important link for British citizens across the world. - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) My question for the Minister is, what logic is there in giving many British citizens who live abroad - Speech Link
3: Lord Hayward (Con - Life peer) Whether it is postal votes, an extended period of voting, votes abroad or whatever it may be, there is - Speech Link
4: None I shall remind them that now is the time, as dual nationals, to register to vote in British elections - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) and dual nationals held abroad? - Speech Link
2: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) nationals criminally culpable. - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) We continue to alert British nationals and businesses to the impact of the national security law and - Speech Link
4: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) nationals, including the former British consul-general to Hong Kong, Andrew Heyn, have been named in - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) to foreign nationals. - Speech Link
2: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) to foreign nationals. - Speech Link
3: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) to foreign nationals. - Speech Link
4: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) ISDS can be of great benefit to British companies abroad, and it protects jobs and livelihoods at home - Speech Link
5: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) None the less, it protects British businesses abroad and makes Britain a more attractive environment - Speech Link
Feb. 02 2024
Source Page: Building a New Scotland papers: downloadable versionsFound: British citizens by descent, which are those born outside the UK, have different rights to British citizens
Written Evidence Nov. 09 2023
Inquiry: The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21 CenturyFound: rights and parliamentary representation.
Feb. 20 2008
Source Page: The path to citizenship: next steps in reforming the immigration system. (Consultation paper). 55 p.Found: The reforms to the immigration system outlined in the paper do not affect the rights of EEA nationals
Mentions:
1: Bibby, Neil (Lab - West Scotland) For that matter, what is wrong with the British armed forces that we already have? - Speech Link
2: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) , decided to accept the £2.9 million from the Scottish Government, as opposed to Labour councillors voting - Speech Link
3: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) I know from first-hand experience from a decade overseas that being Scottish and British opens doors, - Speech Link
4: MacDonald, Gordon (SNP - Edinburgh Pentlands) It will also allow EU nationals to come to Scotland to help to grow our economy.Scotland is the only - Speech Link
5: Kerr, Stephen (Con - Central Scotland) A report by the Confederation of British Industry Scotland and the Fraser of Allander Institute talks - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bshp - Bishops) We were accused last week of voting against the Government’s Whip. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) It is certainly not good enough for what any British Government and British Parliament should do.Above - Speech Link
3: Lord Anderson of Ipswich (XB - Life peer) My Lords, the policy of offshoring asylum seekers for assessment and resettlement abroad will indeed - Speech Link
4: Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (Con - Life peer) The Government have signed an agreement with Albania for removal of their nationals and to strengthen - Speech Link
5: Lord Lisvane (XB - Life peer) I would not support voting against a Bill—even this Bill—on Second Reading. - Speech Link