Brexit

(asked on 29th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether citizens’ rights will continue to be a distinct strand of the UK's negotiations with the EU.


Answered by
Robin Walker Portrait
Robin Walker
This question was answered on 1st February 2018

Securing the rights of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU was the first priority for the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. The joint report on progress, published in December, details the high level agreements reached which will ensure that these rights are protected. We remain committed to honouring these agreements.

We are now moving into the second phase of negotiations. We know there are some issues on citizens’ rights that we had pushed hard to resolve in the first phase of negotiations, but were unable to as they were not within the EU’s negotiating mandate.

These are important issues for UK nationals, so we will continue to raise these issues as the negotiations progress.

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