Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to ensure that all EU citizens living in the UK will receive proof of their right to remain in the UK before any restrictions on new EU citizens are introduced; and how it will ensure there is sufficient operational capacity for such plans.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The government has been clear that it wants to protect the rights of EU nationals already living in the UK and the only circumstances in which that would not be possible are if British citizens’ rights in other EU Member States were not protected in return. The government will seek to address this issue as part of the wider negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU to ensure fair treatment of British citizens living in the EU.

EU nationals currently in the UK do not need to apply for any additional documentation in support of their status exercising treaty rights.