The noble Lord is confusing two issues: the leadership election in the Conservative Party is a different event from the rights guaranteed for citizens. We are communicating, as I said, with UK citizens abroad—over 1 million of them—and we are endeavouring to ensure that other EU member states provide them with the same guarantees that we have provided to the 3 million EU citizens in the UK.
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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