Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill 2024-25
A short bill proposing that a successful appeal against removal of British citizenship would no longer restore the person's citizenship immediately.

This Bill would deal firstly with the transfer of border customs functions to the new UK Border Agency. It would also introduce new naturalisation requirements, deal with various other citizenship issues and place a new duty on the UK Border Agency to safeguard the welfare of children, also making provisions in relation to trafficking babies and children for exploitation. Some elements of the Bill underwent significant change in the Lords. The Bill as first published would have provided for immigration control to be introduced on air and sea routes within the Common Travel Area (the UK, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands), but these controversial provisions were defeated in the Lords. Originally the Bill would also have restricted the involvement of the higher courts in immigration and nationality cases, but a Lords amendment limited the scope of this restriction. At the Commons Committee stage, the clause relating to the Common Travel Area was changed again and the original provisions reinstated. The introduction in the Lords of a grace period for those close to qualifying for naturalisation was reversed and the original provisions relating to judicial review were also reinstated.
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]: Committee Stage Report. Bill 115 2008-09. (287 KB , PDF)
This Bill would deal firstly with the transfer of border customs functions to the new UK Border Agency. It would also introduce new naturalisation requirements, deal with various other citizenship issues and place a new duty on the UK Border Agency to safeguard the welfare of children, also making provisions in relation to trafficking babies and children for exploitation. Some elements of the Bill underwent significant change in the Lords. The Bill as first published would have provided for immigration control to be introduced on air and sea routes within the Common Travel Area (the UK, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands), but these controversial provisions were defeated in the Lords. Originally the Bill would also have restricted the involvement of the higher courts in immigration and nationality cases, but a Lords amendment limited the scope of this restriction.
At the Commons Committee stage, the clause relating to the Common Travel Area was changed again and the original provisions reinstated. The introduction in the Lords of a grace period for those close to qualifying for naturalisation was reversed and the original provisions relating to judicial review were also reinstated.
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]: Committee Stage Report. Bill 115 2008-09. (287 KB , PDF)
A short bill proposing that a successful appeal against removal of British citizenship would no longer restore the person's citizenship immediately.
It is important to recognise that not all immigration decisions attract a right to appeal. It is also important for a constituent to ask for advice from a solicitor or immigration adviser if considering an appeal.
A general debate on Windrush Day is scheduled to take place in the House of Commons Chamber on 16 June 2025.