We are committed to respecting the rights of EU citizens. The noble Baroness will know that it was one of our priorities in the negotiations. It was the first issue to be concluded. If the EU matched our level of ambition in many areas, there would have been no more problems. We are continuing to pursue this issue. We have already issued, effectively, a unilateral guarantee. We will guarantee citizens’ rights in a no-deal scenario. The rights we have offered EU citizens are, in most cases, far superior to the rights that have been offered by other EU member states to UK citizens.
British Citizens’ Rights
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Callanan
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 18 June 2019.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on British Citizens’ Rights.
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