Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the EU upholds the commitments it has made on UK nationals living in the EU after the UK leaves the EU.

The Prime Minister has been clear that safeguarding the rights of UK nationals living in the EU, and EU citizens living in the UK, was her first priority for negotiations.

We have reached an agreement with the EU on the rights of UK nationals in the EU, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement, which we have drafted into legal text. The agreement confirms that any UK national resident in the EU by December 2020 will be able to continue living their lives broadly as they do now in their Member State of residence.

It will be for each Member State to determine how they will implement these rights for UK nationals but the provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement will ensure any new arrangements for UK nationals are transparent, smooth and streamlined. We would like all Member States to start to put plans in place to secure the status of UK nationals in the EU, and we will continue to seek details on their progress so that we can inform UK nationals.