Seeking clarification about the status of current EU citizens post Brexit

On Monday 27 June I asked the former Prime Minister about the status of current EU citizens and he said that the rights of people who have come to Britain to live, work and study must be protected but for further clarification on this we will have to wait for the outcome of negotiations with the EU.

Read my question and the PM’s response below.

Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op)

Many of my constituents are European citizens and they are fearful for their future. The Prime Minister has talked about a group of officials set up to determine what Brexit will mean. Can he give any comfort to these people? If not now, will he give a timetable for when they will know how they can apply to remain in the UK?

The Prime Minister

I think that many people will be watching this with exactly the same question that the hon. Lady has asked. The technically correct answer is that while we are members of the European Union there is no change in the rights or the circumstances of people coming to live and work in Britain, or in those of "‹Britons going to live and work in other European Union countries. I would add to that that the leave campaigners were fairly clear that they wanted to protect the rights of people who are already here who have come to live, work and study, but obviously the final clarification of that and of the rights of British people living in other parts of the European Union will have to wait for the complex negotiations.