No, I do not agree with my noble friend on this. I thought it was right and proper that we provided the guarantees to EU citizens. As I said, I think we have taken the right approach. The rights that we have offered to over 3 million EU citizens in this country are considerably greater than those offered by EU member states to the UK citizens in their countries.
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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2017-19
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