Brexit: EU Citizens Debate

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Department: Home Office

Brexit: EU Citizens

Baroness Smith of Newnham Excerpts
Monday 24th October 2016

(7 years, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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My Lords, healthcare agreements, as with any other agreements that we might seek through our negotiation with the EU, will all be determined in the fullness of time.

Baroness Smith of Newnham Portrait Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD)
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Could the Minister tell us whether she, or other Ministers, would feel reassured by the repeated assertions that the rights of EU nationals in this country will be protected only in so far as the rights of UK nationals in other EU member states are protected?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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My Lords, I cannot say any more than I said in response to the first Question, which is that the Prime Minister has made her position absolutely clear, and unless the rights of our citizens and other EU countries change, that position remains.