UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 2199
British Indian Ocean Territory (Citizenship) Bill
[As Introduced]
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This bill would give British citizenship to people living in the British Indian Ocean Territory (a remote group of islands in the Indian Ocean). Currently, residents don't have full British citizenship, and this bill aims to change that and grant them the same citizenship status as other British people.
Presented by Henry Smith.
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Official Ballot · Open Govt
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The people's count45 votes
67% Aye · 3033% No · 15
MPs' vote387 MPs
27% Ayes · 10373% Noes · 284
The democratic gap
40% , a wide gap
Outcome mismatch, the public would pass this bill, but Parliament rejected it.
Bill passage
Commons
- 1st reading16 Jan 2018
- 2nd reading