Research Briefing
With the UK due to leave the EU next week and no Withdrawal Agreement as yet approved by the House of Commons, the Government has requested that the EU agree an extension to the Article 50 period in order to delay Brexit. Under what scenarios could an Article 50 extension be agreed with the EU? And could this lead to the UK taking part in the European Parliament elections?
Debate Pack
A debate will be held in Westminster Hall on Monday 11 March 2019 at 4.30pm on e-petition 239706 relating to leaving the European Union. The Member leading the debate is Daniel Zeichner MP.
Research Briefing
Yvette Cooper’s Bill provides a role for MPs in the process of ‘extending’ Article 50. What would it do and how would it fit into the broader Brexit process?
Research Briefing
How could a potential extension to Article 50 be requested and how it might affect the European Parliament elections in May?
Insight
Yvette Cooper’s Bill provides a role for MPs in the process of 'extending' Article 50. What would it do and how would it fit into the broader Brexit process?
Insight
How could a potential extension to Article 50 be requested and how it might affect the European Parliament elections in May?
Debate Pack
A debate on a Motion relating to the UK's withdrawal from the EU has been scheduled for Thursday 14 February 2019 in the Main Chamber.
Research Briefing
What could happen if the EU and UK negotiators don't agree a withdrawal agreement in time and the UK has to leave the EU on 29 March 2019 without one - and with no framework for future relations either? This paper looks at how such a situation might come about, the constitutional implications for the UK and in some cases for the devolved administrations, and what the impact might be in a range of policy areas.
Debate Pack
A Westminster Hall debate on 'E-petition 224908 relating to leaving the European Union' is scheduled for Monday 4 February from 4.30pm. The Member opening the debate is Paul Scully MP.
Research Briefing
Yvette Cooper presented a Private Member's bill, the European Union (No. 3) Bill 2017-19, on Monday 21 January 2019. The Bill would create a legal mechanism whereby the House of Commons can instruct the Prime Minister to ask the European Council for an extension to Article 50 in the absence of an approval resolution for an exit deal from the EU.
Research Briefing
The EU and UK negotiators agreed the texts of a Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration on a framework for a future EU-UK relationship, and the time came for the UK Parliament to vote on it. But on 15 January Parliament rejected the two documents by 230 votes. The EU has said there will be no renegotiating the texts but has offered assurances on the intention that the backstop arrangement to prevent a hard Irish border would be temporary if it had to be introduced. This paper looks at what the EU has offered by way of 'clarifications' and 'assurances' on the backstop and whether the EU would offer an extension to Article. 50 might .
Debate Pack
A debate will be held in Westminster Hall on Monday 14 January at 4.30pm on e-petitions 229963, 221747 and 235185, relating to leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement, 232984 and 241361 relating to holding a further referendum on leaving the EU, and 226509 and 236261 relating to not leaving the EU. Paul Scully MP will open the debate.
Research Briefing
This paper provides links to a selection of debates that have referenced Brexit in the title or during a debate in 2018. This paper will be updated periodically.
Research Briefing
This briefing paper outlines the institutional structure of the EEA, its pros and cons and the debate over withdrawal from the EEA.
Research Briefing
Can Article 50 TEU be unilaterally revoked? This briefing paper considers the Advocate General's opinion and the CJEU's judgment in the Wightman case, and what implications the CJEU's judgment has for the United Kingdom.
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