Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to the status of EU citizens after the UK has left the EU on the rights of citizens of (a) Ireland, (b) Malta and (c) Cyprus to vote in elections and referendums in the UK.

The voting rights of citizens of Ireland, Cyprus and Malta are provided for separately in United Kingdom legislation. We have no plans to change the voting rights of Maltese, Cypriot and Irish citizens resident in the UK, including their right to vote in UK parliamentary general elections. As these voting rights do not depend on their EU citizenship, they will not be affected by exiting the EU.