Charter of Fundamental Rights (EU)

(asked on 17th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2017 to Question 3554, on immigration: EU nationals, whether (a) non-UK EU nationals and (b) UK nationals will continue to benefit from the right to equal treatment under the law enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights after the UK leaves the EU.


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Robin Walker
This question was answered on 20th July 2017

The UK has a longstanding tradition of ensuring our rights and liberties are protected domestically and of fulfilling our international human rights obligations. The decision to leave the EU does not change this.

The Charter of Fundamental Rights did not create any new rights. Instead it was intended to catalogue the rights that already existed in EU law - this law is being converted into UK law on the point we exit the EU.

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