Speaking in a Parliamentary debate on the Immigration Bill, Alok Sharma questions the Minister about the removal of citizenship from naturalised Britons, who are deemed a threat to national security, who are subsequently unable to gain citizenship of another country.

Alok Sharma: I want to press the Minister on the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Dr Huppert) made. If the Home Secretary has every reason to believe that an individual could get the citizenship of another country, but the Government of that country turn around and say that they do not want them as a citizen, what will happen to that individual? Will he or she remain without citizenship?

James Brokenshire: If the individual is in the UK, which I think is the situation on which that comment is predicated, there is precedent for giving limited restricted leave to remain. That might impose specific conditions. It would also mean that an individual would not have the usual rights of a citizen to access public services and enjoy public benefits. In seeking to mitigate the risks, that of itself may be considered a significant and relevant factor.

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