Nationality and Borders Bill — Report (3rd Day) — Amendment 83 — 8 Mar 2022 at 01:00

Moved by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

83: After Clause 78, insert the following new Clause-“Fees(1) Section 68 of the Immigration Act 2014 is amended as follows.(2) After subsection (9), insert-“(9A) Notwithstanding subsection (9), in setting the amount of any fee in relation to registration of British citizenship the Secretary of State-(a) must not set that amount at a level beyond the Secretary of State’s estimation of the administrative costs of the function to which the fee relates,(b) must have regard to the need to promote British citizenship as the nationality of all persons connected to the United Kingdom and British overseas territories citizenship as the nationality of all persons connected to the British overseas territories, and(c) may have regard only to-(i) the costs of exercising the function,(ii) fees charged by or on behalf of governments of other countries in respect of comparable functions, or(iii) any international agreement.” (3) After subsection (10), insert-“(10A) Fees regulations must provide that no fee is to be charged for-(a) the registration of any child who is looked after by a local authority, or(b) the registration by statutory entitlement of any person to correct any historical legislative unfairness.””

Ayes 25, Noes 69.

Debate in Parliament |