As the hon. Gentleman knows, I feel very passionate about the fact that EU citizens living in the United Kingdom should be allowed to continue doing so; they add so much to our economy and culture, and it would be a human tragedy if they were forced to leave. However, I suspect that hundreds of thousands of Scottish people are living in other EU countries. Does he not believe that they too ought to be given the same guarantee at exactly the same time?
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Nigel Evans
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 March 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.
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