Written question asked by Viscount Waverley (Crossbench) on Wednesday, 13 April 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 April 2016. It was answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Conservative) on Wednesday, 27 April 2016 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
EU Countries: British Nationals Abroad
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government in the event of the UK leaving the EU what advice they plan to give to UK citizens who work or live in EU member states related to their legal rights generally, their rights related to UK pensions and to medical care paid for under the NHS social security system, and their right to travel across EU without the need of visas.
- Answer
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UK citizens get a range of rights from our membership of the EU. If the UK were to leave the EU, all of these rights would have to be covered in a successor arrangement. If we left the EU without agreeing what would happen to these rights, it would at the very least bring them into serious question, creating difficulty for UK citizens who relied on them.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL7609
- Session
- 2015-16
- Subjects
- British nationals abroad EU countries Health services EU withdrawal Legal opinion Free movement of people State retirement pensions UK membership of EU
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- 2016-07-05 20:03:12 +0100
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