The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson wrote another letter to Donald Tusk in addition to the one demanded by Parliament requesting an extension. In this letter, he distances himself from the letter requesting an extension, outlining his and the Government’s position as follows: “While it is open to the European Council to accede to the request […]
Category: EU (Withdrawal) Act
This is a Bill being fast-tracked in the House of Commons, with all its substantive stages taken in a single sitting on one day. It is expected to also be fast-tracked in the House of Lords. Bill as introduced The Bill was debated on 3 April 2019 through its Second Reading (Hansard: http://bit.ly/2IcSO1h ) and […]
Business in the House was again taken over by Prime Minister Letwin and Opposition Leader Cooper. This time, rather than talking about indicative votes, they decided on another approach in an attempt to delay Brexit further or to thwart it altogether by fast tracking legislation through Parliament via a private members Bill. Details of the […]
A motion to change the date specified in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, was debated on 27 March 2019 following agreement with the EU last week to delay the day of Brexit to either 12 April 2019 or 22 May 2019. This was introduced as a statutory instrument. On 15 March, in a statement […]
A debate was held in the UK Parliament on 25 March 2019 in accordance with the requirements of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act. The following motion was debated: That this House, in accordance with the provisions of section 13(6)(a) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, has considered the Written Statement titled “Statement under Section […]
