Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on the concerns of the Polish community since the EU referendum; and if she will make a statement.

Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force.

Poland is and will remain an important partner for the UK. The Secretary of State for the Home Department has regular contact with her European counterparts, including Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Błaszczak. Most recently this included an inward ministerial visit to the UK on 5 September, and as part of the UK Poland Intergovenmental Consultations on 28 November. A range of issues of mutual interest were discussed including free movement rights, action to tackle hate crime, and continued security and police cooperation.