Rejected petition Broaden the options of British citizenship for passport identity.

English, Scottish and Welsh nationalities have to state they are British citizens on their passports. Whereas northern Ireland citizens can state they are Irish or have an Irish passport. For equality in national identity, this option needs to widened to all UK nationalities, as stated above.

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Date submitted 23 April 2016
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