Preparations for Leaving the EU Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Preparations for Leaving the EU

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Excerpts
Tuesday 8th October 2019

(5 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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In order to accommodate as many hon. and right hon. Members as possible, I am now looking for short questions without preamble and comparably pithy replies.

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Portrait Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con)
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We have been extremely generous to 3 million EU citizens residing in this country at the point of no deal. Surely our EU partners could be equally generous in providing assurances for 1 million-odd of our citizens living in Europe. They have been threatened with having to reapply for residence next year, and they do not know where they stand.