Brexit: EU Citizenship

Lord Skelmersdale Excerpts
Monday 11th December 2017

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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The noble Lord makes an important point, but it is not that helpful to look back over what might have happened in the past: best now to celebrate the excellent achievements that we have gained in reaching agreements last week, whereby EU citizens in the UK will have their rights guaranteed and vice versa.

Lord Skelmersdale Portrait Lord Skelmersdale (Con)
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My Lords, may I take my noble friend back to his original Answer, which presumably means that passports will be required? Have Her Majesty’s Government decided whether that is so; secondly, whether a new one will be required; and, thirdly, whether it will be charged for?

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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I think the noble Lord will have to wait for the Home Office’s proposals on a new immigration system for an answer to that question.