Research Briefing
The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 at 11pm GMT with a ratified Withdrawal Agreement. The changes brought about by Brexit have been implemented predominantly through the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020. This briefing paper explains the constitutional and legal implications of those two Acts, taken together, and what it means for the next part of the Brexit process.
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The House of Lords have made a number of amendments to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 2019-21. What changes has the House of Lords made? What happens now? And what role does the House of Commons have?
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A briefing on the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 2019-20, published in December 2019, and a comparison with the previous version of the Bill considered by the House of Commons in October 2019.
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The Government is set to introduce a new European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill. Here we set out some of the key differences between this Bill and an earlier European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill introduced to parliament in October 2019.
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This Commons Library research briefing contains a list of commonly-used terms and acronyms that have needed clarification since the United Kingdom voted in the June 2016 EU referendum.
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This paper explains the legal and political background to the three extensions of the UK’s EU-exit process under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). It sets out the UK Parliament’s role in the seeking and agreeing to those extension decisions of the European Council.
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This Insight explains the status EU law has in UK law now, what domestic status is given to the Withdrawal Agreement (and related separation agreements) and the extent to which this differs from the current status of EU law, and the legal effect of the WAB’s clauses concerned with Parliamentary sovereignty.
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How does the Bill propose to change UK law to ensure that the transition period is honoured?
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This Insight explains the status EU law has in UK law now, what domestic status is given to the Withdrawal Agreement (and related separation agreements) and the extent to which this differs from the current status of EU law, and the legal effect of the WAB’s clauses concerned with Parliamentary sovereignty.
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The Bill makes arrangements for Parliament’s role in securing a long-term political, trade, and security relationship with the EU.
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The EU and the UK must complete their respective constitutional requirements for ratifying the treaty before the Article 50 process can be brought to an end.
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How does the Bill propose to change UK law to ensure that the transition period is honoured?
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The Bill makes arrangements for Parliament's role in securing a long-term political, trade, and security relationship with the EU.
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The EU and the UK must complete their respective constitutional requirements for ratifying the treaty before the Article 50 process can be brought to an end.
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The UK and EU agreed a revised Political Declaration on the framework for the future UK-EU relationship on 17 October. This Briefing provides an outline of the contents of the Declaration and the key changes in the revised text
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