Guardian commenters discuss the House of Lords vote on amending the Brexit bill to guarantee rights of EU citizens living in the UK

'We owe them in the name of decency': readers on EU citizens in the UK

Theresa May’s government has vowed to overturn a demand by the House of Lords to guarantee the rights of EU citizens living in the EU.



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Our readers – some of them EU citizens in the UK, some UK citizens living in the EU – have been discussing what the peers had to say during their debate, as well as the result of thevote by 358 to 256 to amend the Brexit bill.

Below is a selection of views shared below an opinion piece by Polly Toynbee. You can join the conversation by clicking the links in the comments.



‘I would rather EU citizens in the UK be allowed to get on with their lives’

‘We can demonstrate the UK’s intentions by publishing now our offer to EU citizens’

‘We owe it in the name of decency to issue a promise to the EU citizens living here’

‘I don’t believe the Lords should be embarrassed to use their power’

‘If we do it the way the Lords want, there is no incentive to do a quick deal’

‘What exactly did we expect from the woman who defined her own party as “nasty”?’

‘The EU are not above treating our citizens as pawns’

‘Without the Lord’s amendments none of us in Europe have much hope of May “doing a deal” on citizenship’