division_name: EU Settlement Scheme
motion: <p class="indent" pid="b970.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House regrets the end of Freedom of Movement following the UK&#8217;s exit from the European Union; notes the enormous contribution EU nationals make to the UK economy and society, including in response to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic; regrets that the Government did not grant automatic right to remain to EU nationals despite assurances made during the EU referendum campaign; welcomes the fact there have been over six million successful applications to the EU Settlement Scheme; but further notes with concern that inevitably, many thousands of EU nationals have not applied; regrets that provision in relation to late applications will not prevent injustices and the loss of rights of many thousands of EU citizens; calls on the Government to recognise that the ongoing health emergency has also impacted on outreach work and the ability of EU nationals to apply, and to respond to this either by automatically granting Settled Status or by scrapping or extending the <phrase class="date" code="2021-06-30">30 June</phrase> deadline; and further calls on the Government to introduce physical proof of Settled and Pre-Settled Status and to work with the Scottish Government on agreeing a transfer of immigration powers to allow the Scottish Government to create a Scottish visa or Scottish migration system.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b972.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;There will be no change for EU citizens already lawfully resident in the UK. These EU citizens will automatically be granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK and will be treated no less favourably than they are at present.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b992.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;e.g. benefits and healthcare, the Home Office will increasingly make the relevant information about an individual&#8217;s status available automatically through system to system checks, at the point at which they seek to access the public services.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b992.1/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;For me this situation is really distressing. I feel really discriminated and humiliated from this government. They are killing my hopes and my dreams.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1001.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;any goodness within me was sucked out of me like a syringe&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1001.0/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Why are you putting me through this? I have to re-live it, through every horror&#8230; I went through this at school and now I am going through it again.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1006.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;no change for EU citizens already lawfully resident in the UK&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1006.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;automatically be granted indefinite leave to remain&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1012.0/10" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;EU citizens will automatically be granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK&#8221;.</p>