Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Luke Graham Excerpts
Wednesday 16th January 2019

(5 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Mundell Portrait David Mundell
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Yes, we will continue to engage. The White Paper is part of an engagement process. My hon. Friend, who is a great champion of the fishing industry, has already raised issues in relation not just to fishing vessels, but to fish processing.

Luke Graham Portrait Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire) (Con)
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I welcome this Government’s move to guarantee EU citizens’ rights here in the UK. That is unlike the SNP in 2014, when it threatened EU citizens that 160,000 of them would be stripped of their right to remain in Scotland. No unilateral guarantee was given to EU citizens by the SNP in 2014, but this Government are doing so now. Will my right hon. Friend clarify the direct communications that this Government are having with EU citizens in my constituency and elsewhere in Scotland to ensure that they know that they are a welcome and valued part of our community?

David Mundell Portrait David Mundell
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The Government are not just engaging with EU citizens, but setting out how they can proceed in the settled status process.