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 13 July 2017 to Question 3786, what assessment he has made of the level of rights protection offered to UK citizens in other EU Member States as proposed in the Brexit: negotiating directives issued on 22 May 2017 by the European Council, compared with the offer outlined in his Department's policy paper, Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU, published on 26 June 2017; and if he will make a statement.

We have published a joint technical note, with the EU, on the comparison of UK and EU positions on citizens’ rights. There is much common ground between the two positions, a clearer understanding on the detail of the positions, and significant convergence on the key issues that really matter to citizens.