The Home Office has said there are “no immediate plans” to reintroduce navy blue non-EU British passports following theBrexit vote, despite the wishes of some Leave voters.
In parliament, pro-Brexit Conservative MP Michael Fabricant asked Home Secretary Amber Rudd if she would bring back the documents, which were last used in 1988.
He asked Ms Rudd whether she would “take steps to introduce a new passport with a navy blue cover for the UK following the exit of the UK from the EU”.
But Home Office minister Robert Goodwill replied: “There are no immediate plans for changes to the format or colour of the UK passport.
“Parliament will be informed of any changes to the passport following UK withdrawal from the European Union.”
As part of the EU referendum campaign in June, Ukip leader Nigel Farage called for the reintroduction of British passports.
Brandishing his passport at an ITV referendum event, he said: “This should be a British passport; it says ‘European Union’ on it.
“I think to make this country safer, we need to get back British passports, so that we can check anybody else coming into this country.”
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