The European Affairs Committee
Citizens’ Rights
1st Report of Session 2020-21 - published 23 July 2021 - HL Paper 46
Contents
Chapter 2: The Withdrawal Agreement and citizens’ rights
Residence status under the Agreement
Oversight of citizens’ rights under the Agreement
Independent Monitoring Authority
Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee
The Specialised Committee on Citizens’ Rights
Prior concerns about the implementation of citizens’ rights
The effect of UK-EU relations on citizens’ rights issues
Chapter 3: EU citizens’ rights in the UK
Background: the EU Settlement Scheme
Figure 1: EUSS applications by outcome as of 30 June 2021
The overall implementation of the EUSS
Verification of rights under the Withdrawal Agreement
Naturalised British citizens, family reunion rights and the EUSS
Older adults and digital exclusion
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic
Government support for vulnerable persons
After the deadline: late applications
Issues with the Home Office guidance
Proving status: the lack of a physical document
Switching from pre-settled status to settled status
Pre-settled status and welfare rights
Chapter 4: UK citizens in the EU
Calculating UK populations in EU Member States
Combining statuses with Withdrawal Agreement rights
Communication issues in both constitutive and declaratory systems
Digital exclusion and vulnerable groups
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interests
Evidence is published online at https://committees.parliament.uk/work/1246/citizens-rights and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.