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EU/British Citizens’ Rights

Urgent question on Tuesday, 18 June 2019, in the House of Commons, led by Alberto Costa. The answering member was Robin Walker.
Urgent question on the efforts the British Government have made to fulfil the instruction of the House of Commons, dated 27 February 2019, to seek agreement on EU and British citizens' rights and in particular the protection of British citizens in the EU in the event of no deal.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

662 cc128-141 

Session

2017-19

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
UK’s Withdrawal from the EU
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Alberto Costa | 662 c129 (Link to this contribution)

(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union if he will make a...

Robin Walker | 662 cc129-130 (Link to this contribution)

I start by paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa). ...


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Alberto Costa | 662 c130 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his response. I also want to put on the record my gratitude to the Secre...

Robin Walker | 662 cc130-1 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend rightly calls on us to ratchet up the pressure, and I assure him that we will. I a...

Paul Blomfield | 662 cc131-2 (Link to this contribution)

I start by paying tribute to the hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa), who has wo...

Robin Walker | 662 c132 (Link to this contribution)

There is a great deal on these issues on which the hon. Gentleman and I agree. I suspect we take ...

Steve Brine | 662 cc132-3 (Link to this contribution)

A number of my constituents or their family members, even children, are caught up in this, and ma...

Robin Walker | 662 c133 (Link to this contribution)

I fully appreciate my hon. Friend’s point. The Secretary of State’s letter to Mr Barnier has gone...

Peter Grant | 662 c133 (Link to this contribution)

I commend the hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) not only for securing this urg...

Robin Walker | 662 c133 (Link to this contribution)

I recognise the hon. Gentleman’s passion to ensure that those rights are guaranteed. If he looks ...

David Evennett | 662 c134 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome the urgent question from my hon. Friend the Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Co...

Robin Walker | 662 c134 (Link to this contribution)

I do share my right hon. Friend’s disappointment that this has not got further at this stage. Int...

Andy Slaughter | 662 c134 (Link to this contribution)

The best way to ensure the rights of EU citizens in the UK is for us to stay in the EU. The very ...

Robin Walker | 662 c134 (Link to this contribution)

I respect the passion with which the hon. Gentleman makes his arguments, but he must understand t...

Vicky Ford | 662 c134 (Link to this contribution)

Many of my constituents are affected by this issue, either because they are EU citizens in Chelms...

Robin Walker | 662 c135 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend asks an excellent question. We have been meeting a range of EU member states and w...

Tom Brake | 662 c135 (Link to this contribution)

I find it hard to contain my anger at the charlatans and snake oil salesmen who will again tonigh...

John Bercow | 662 c135 (Link to this contribution)

Order. Just before the Minister responds, let me say that I recognise and respect the very strong...

Tom Brake | 662 c135 (Link to this contribution)

I would like to make it clear that I am certainly not referring to any Member of the House presen...

John Bercow | 662 c135 (Link to this contribution)

I am afraid that I detect the sight and sound of a very large shovel, as the right hon. Gentleman...

Tom Brake | 662 c135 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am happy to withdraw; I am not impugning their integrity, but I am certa...

Robin Walker | 662 c135 (Link to this contribution)

We all want to secure the best possible arrangements on healthcare for our UK citizens overseas. ...

Greg Hands | 662 c136 (Link to this contribution)

Some 11,000 of my constituents are nationals of other EU countries—that is one of the highest pro...

Robin Walker | 662 c136 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Perhaps I should declare an interest, because duri...

Thangam Debbonaire | 662 c136 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister says that EU27 citizens can apply for settlement, and I understand that, but my EU c...

Robin Walker | 662 c136 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely recognise the concerns that the hon. Lady has raised. I have had my own challenges i...

Heidi Allen | 662 c137 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) has been incredibly patient on this topi...

Robin Walker | 662 c137 (Link to this contribution)

We absolutely respect the urgency of this issue. We took the House’s vote up with the European Un...

John Bercow | 662 c137 (Link to this contribution)

What a rum business—I did not see the feller standing before. I call Nic Dakin.

Nicholas Dakin | 662 c137 (Link to this contribution)

When is this finally going to be sorted?

Robin Walker | 662 c137 (Link to this contribution)

The simplest answer to the hon. Gentleman’s question is that it would have been sorted already if...

Hywel Williams | 662 c137 (Link to this contribution)

The Erasmus programme is probably the most successful student exchange scheme in the world. My lo...

Robin Walker | 662 c137 (Link to this contribution)

I reassure the hon. Gentleman that we have had meetings with the Welsh Government, and I have met...

Anna Soubry | 662 c138 (Link to this contribution)

I commend the hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) for his courage and integrity ...

Robin Walker | 662 c138 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Lady makes a serious point, but first let me congratulate her on having invented y...

Joanna Cherry | 662 c138 (Link to this contribution)

A significant number of my constituents in Edinburgh South West are EU nationals, and many have b...

Robin Walker | 662 c138 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. and learned Lady will have heard from Cabinet Office Ministers about the Electoral Commi...

Wera Hobhouse | 662 c138 (Link to this contribution)

I stay in close contact with members of the3million in my Bath constituency and understand their ...

Robin Walker | 662 c139 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for acknowledging that there is such a centre in her constituency....

Stuart C McDonald | 662 c139 (Link to this contribution)

Contrary to what the Minister said earlier, the problem for the Windrush generation was not the f...

Robin Walker | 662 c139 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman will recognise that, across Government, there is a move to go digital—to put m...

Carol Monaghan | 662 c139 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister said that 750,000 EU citizens have applied through the settlement scheme, but that m...

Robin Walker | 662 c139 (Link to this contribution)

We want to keep reiterating the message that these people are valuable and valued members of thei...

Drew Hendry | 662 c140 (Link to this contribution)

The worry for people is that this has been going on for far too long. In the highlands, this issu...

Robin Walker | 662 c140 (Link to this contribution)

We want to acknowledge and grant that right, but we also want to ensure that, in the years and de...

Martin Docherty-Hughes | 662 c140 (Link to this contribution)

I am sure that the hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) shares my concern about t...

Robin Walker | 662 c140 (Link to this contribution)

I have read the Good Friday agreement. I read it as the Parliamentary Private Secretary at the No...

Chris Leslie | 662 c140 (Link to this contribution)

I would like to know how many of the affected citizens the Minister has actually spoken to. Does ...

Robin Walker | 662 c141 (Link to this contribution)

I have met EU citizens’ groups up and down the UK in a number of embassies and at a number of eve...

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