Irish-born DUP peer criticises rules for obtaining British passport

Willie Hay accuses Home Office of discriminating against him and 40,000 other people born across border

A Democratic Unionist peer has said he has been forced to hold an Irish passport because of discrimination by the Home Office.

Willie Hay, Lord Hay of Ballyore, told MPs he would not submit to a Life in the UK citizenship test and neither should 40,000 other people like him who were born across the border but have lived their entire lives in Northern Ireland.