Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Matt Warman Excerpts
Monday 6th March 2017

(7 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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I understand the concerns that the right hon. Lady has raised. We have all experienced this as MPs in our surgeries. My point to the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Brendan O’Hara) was that as MPs we can give that reassurance that EU citizens are valued here and that it is the Prime Minister’s intention to do that. We will make it a priority as we begin the EU negotiations.

Matt Warman Portrait Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness) (Con)
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If we are to be accused of using EU nationals as bargaining chips, could the same accusation not apply to the attitude of other EU 27 nationals towards British citizens abroad?