A significant number of my constituents in Edinburgh South West are EU nationals, and many have been in touch with me to say that such confidence as they had in the British Government’s commitment to their rights post Brexit has been severely dented by what happened, as my hon. Friend the Member for Glenrothes (Peter Grant) mentioned, on 23 May, when many EU citizens throughout the United Kingdom were denied their right to vote. What specific steps is the Minister taking to rebuild the confidence of EU citizens in the UK in the Government’s commitment to their rights, given that many of them were denied the basic right to vote in the EU elections?
EU/British Citizens’ Rights
Proceeding contribution from
Joanna Cherry
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 18 June 2019.
It occurred during Urgent question on EU/British Citizens’ Rights.
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2017-19
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