Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Eleanor Smith and Robin Walker

Thursday 2nd November 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Walker]

I repeat from the Dispatch Box what the Prime Minister has said: we want them to stay and we want to protect those rights. If the hon. Gentleman looks at the detail of the negotiation on citizens’ rights, he will see that it is about making sure that this works and making sure that people have their rights properly protected. He will see that we have reached agreement on a large number of areas and that on the remaining areas, the UK offer goes beyond that of the EU in many respects. What we want to do now is seal the deal and make sure that we end up with a deal that provides certainty to citizens both in the EU and in the UK.

[Eleanor Smith (Wolverhampton South West) (Lab)]

20. What the timetable is for agreement on transitional arrangements for the UK leaving the EU.