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  European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill - New Clause 57 - Protection of EU Citizens' UK Residence Rights
  
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  @ MP voted aye to seek to protect the residence rights of citizens of the European Union and their family members who were lawfully resident in the United Kingdom on 23 June 2016.
  
  @ MP voted no against seeking to protect the residence rights of citizens of the European Union and their family members who were lawfully resident in the United Kingdom on 23 June 2016.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against seeking to protect the residence rights of citizens of the European Union and their family members who were lawfully resident in the United Kingdom on 23 June 2016.
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill[1]. 
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Effect of notification of withdrawal'' and stated:
  
  :âNothing in this Act shall affect the continuation of those residence rights enjoyed by EU citizens lawfully resident in the United Kingdom on 23 June 2016, under or by virtue of [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:158:0077:0123:en:PDF Directive 2004/38/EC], after the United Kingdomâs withdrawal from the European Union.â
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:
  :This savings new clause is designed to protect the residence rights of those EU citizens who were lawfully resident in the United Kingdom on the date of the EU referendum. It would ensure that those rights do not fall away automatically two years after notice of withdrawal has been given, if no agreement is reached with the EU. This new clause would implement a recommendation made in paragraph 53 by the [https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201617/jtselect/jtrights/695/69505.htm#_idTextAnchor012 Joint Committee on Human Rights in its report âThe human rights implications of Brexitâ].
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/europeanunionnotificationofwithdrawal.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill 2016-17]
  * [2] [https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2016-2017/0132/cbill_2016-20170132_en_2.htm#l1g1 Text of the Bill as at the time of the vote]
  
  
  
  
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