"Q Do you think there has been a willingness to trade off some of those rights?
Jeremy Morgan: It is very hard to say.
Kalba Meadows: I do not think it is so much a trade-off as the fact that in each country you are coming from an entirely …..." Jack Brereton - View Speech
"Q Obviously you are here to particularly represent those EU citizens who are currently living in the UK, but may I ask you the same question that I asked some of our panellists this morning about British citizens living in the EU? Do you think that all the EU …..." Jack Brereton - View Speech
"Q Do you think that the UK and the EU have approached these issues from different perspectives?
Professor Smismans: The withdrawal agreement provides a solution. There is quite broad agreement on both sides, and within EU member states in general, about the solution for EU citizens. The problem is …..." Jack Brereton - View Speech
"You have mentioned the constraints of time, which, obviously, are potentially quite challenging. If we were to leave with a no-deal scenario on 29 March, and the Bill was in place by then, how do you think implementation on the ground would go? Would there be challenges to get things …..." Jack Brereton - View Speech
"Q Do you think the ambition set out in the Bill—you mentioned ambition versus time—is appropriate, considering the constraints we face?
Joe Owen: The second part of your question—the bigger challenge to do with time—is about what happens to EU citizens who arrive after 29 March, on a temporary …..." Jack Brereton - View Speech
"Q Would you agree that delivering on free movement and on the control of free movement, which the Bill would achieve, would be a key part of delivering on the 2016 referendum result?
Lord Green: Yes, I certainly would, and I think the public would certainly take the same …..." Jack Brereton - View Speech
"Q What do you think would be the consequences of not delivering on the control of free movement?
Lord Green: That is a political question and your Members will know better than I do, but I think they will be serious...." Jack Brereton - View Speech
"Q Following Brexit, do you think that there should be a preferential system for all EU citizens?
Chai Patel: I do not have any opinion on that, I am afraid. That is beyond our remit as a charity concerned with the human rights of immigrants going through the system...." Jack Brereton - View Speech
"Q How do you see the changes to free movement affecting the economy? Do you think they will have a positive or negative impact, or do you have more detailed concerns?
Professor Manning: The view in the report that we published in September is that EEA migration has not …..." Jack Brereton - View Speech
"Q Do you think that lower-skilled labour has had any impact on wage levels?
Professor Manning: Not to any great extent—we are fairly confident about that. There is some evidence of a small effect but, because of the minimum wage, there has been quite a substantial protection against that …..." Jack Brereton - View Speech