A WOMAN on Question Time was mocked after she tried to justify the amendment to the Brexit bill on the rights of EU citizens in a very bizarre way.

The audience groaned and booed when the woman asked the panel on the BBC One show last night: “Who would be serving us our coffee in Pret?”

5 She asked if the EU citizens are not allowed to stay then who will serve is coffee in Pret a Manger Credit: Getty Images

5 The woman was mocked after making her bizarre justification Credit: BBC

It was during a section of the debate on the House of Lords’ decision to alter the Article 50 legislation this week.

Peers voted by 358 to 256 to pass an amendment forcing Theresa May to grant unilateral rights to EU nationals post-Brexit, and in doing so inflict the PM’s first defeat in the Parliamentary process.

The decision has angered Brexiteers, and ministers have vowed to overturn the change once the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill moves back to the Commons next week.

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But the “woman in orange”, as host David Dimbleby referred to her, strongly backed the plans on Question Time.

She said: "I think it’s appalling that people could even consider making people who live in this country, who have made it their home, to send them back.

“What about the teachers we have? If we’re going to have teachers teaching French and Spanish to our kids, I’d rather they were French and Spanish people than English people.

5 Presenter David Dimbelby asked "the woman in orange" after the Brexit bill was amended this week

5 But she was booed by the audience and mocked on social media Credit: BBC

5 People on Twitter attacked her for having "appalling superiority" Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

Mr Dimbleby replied: “But Liz Truss [the Education Secretary] said they are going to be allowed to stay.”

She said: “You don’t know that. For everybody else here who works in London, who would be serving us our coffee in Pret? Who would be serving us our sandwiches?

“You’re not going to get English people to take those jobs.”

#bbcqt Pret lady just getting ready to go to work. pic.twitter.com/nJavIJNyl7 — Европейский комиссар (@MoodySlayerUK) March 3, 2017

She was roundly barracked by her fellow audience members, and was quickly mocked on social media too.

One user tweeted: “So we need foreigners to 'serve our coffee'? Appalling superiority from this woman.”

Another added: “Talk about first world problems!

And a poster said: “If I understand the pro-EU brigade on #bbcqt the UK desperately needs foreigners in order to...erm...make our coffee in Pret! Hahaha. Insane.”