Child citizenship fees

Early day motion 889, tabled 24 January 2022 by Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour). Signed by 31 members.

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 by party: Labour 14, Scottish National Party 6, Plaid Cymru 3, Independent 2, Alba 1, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.