Article 50 Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Article 50

Tania Mathias Excerpts
Wednesday 29th March 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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The Government have a clear position on our work to reduce net migration into this country. Leaving the European Union will enable us to introduce rules in respect of those who are moving from the EU member states into the United Kingdom, but we continue to ensure that we are bearing down on abuse in our immigration system and that we have the rules that we believe are right so that we can continue to bring the brightest and the best here to the UK.

Tania Mathias Portrait Dr Tania Mathias (Twickenham) (Con)
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I thank the Prime Minister for her statement and for being very clear that we are not leaving Europe and that we seek to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in our country. When she says “as early as we can”, does she agree with me as a fellow European that “as early as we can” means today?