Leaving the EU

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:48 pm on 21 January 2019.

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Photo of Theresa May Theresa May The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 3:48, 21 January 2019

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The European Parliament were very clear that citizens’ rights was their key concern in this withdrawal agreement. We have discussed those with them and I will continue to press them to press member states, and press member states individually to reciprocate on the issue of citizens’ rights. My hon. Friend is absolutely right: there are two parts to the deal that was negotiated—the withdrawal agreement, which is the legal text about how we withdraw from the EU, and the political declaration on our future relationship. Setting that into legal text is indeed a matter for the next stage of negotiations.