EU citizens' rights after Brexit: what progress has been made? Lords to revisit inquiry one year on

The report highlighted the deep anxiety of EU nationals in the UK and of UK nationals in other EU Member States. The Committee called on the Government to give a unilateral undertaking immediately to guarantee to safeguard the rights of all EU nationals in the UK when the UK withdraws from the EU.

However, no agreement has yet been reached between the UK and the EU 27 and the lack of certainty on this pressing issue still remains. The Committee will examine the implications this delay in reaching an agreement has had on the lives on EU citizens, both in the EU and the UK, and identify the main hurdles preventing progress being made.

At 10:45am the Committee will hear from:

• Nicholas Hatton, Founding co-chair, the3million
• Dr Kirsty Hughes, University Lecturer in Public Law, Fellow Director of Studies, Clare College, Cambridge University
• Dr Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos, College Associate Dean & Senior Lecturer in Law, Brunel University, Director, Britain in Europe

Questions the Committee are likely to ask include:

• What is perceived to be the main hurdles to an agreement on citizens' rights and what is the primary reason for the delay in achieving an agreement on this issue?
• What legal protection would UK citizens in the EU and EU citizens in the UK have in the event that the UK leaves with no deal?
• If the UK and EU 27 are unable to agree to a withdrawal agreement could a separate agreement still be reached on the question of citizens' rights?
• Has the Government's negotiating stance exacerbated the uncertainty for EU nationals in the UK?

The evidence session will begin at 10:45am on Tuesday 31 October in Committee Room 3 in the House of Lords.