Select committee: European Affairs Committee
Conclusion 6
1st Report - Citizens’ Rights
Published 23 Jul 2021
Paragraph 69
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
The number of concluded applications to the EU Settlement Scheme is a considerable achievement by the Home Office. There are many more EU citizens in the UK than there are UK citizens across the EU, and the UK Government faced a huge challenge in encouraging and processing over 5.4 million applications ahead of the deadline. We also welcome the Home Office’s approach of looking for reasons to grant status, rather than reasons to refuse.
From: European Affairs Committee, 1st Report - Citizens’ Rights, paragraph 69, 23 July 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 19 November 2021 (deadline 23 September 2021).