The Queen has given Royal Assent to the Brexit Bill
It now becomes The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act which means that the Prime Minister Theresa May can now issue the Article 50 notice to the EU and commence the UK’s process of leaving the EU.
House of Lords pass Brexit Bill allowing it to receive the Royal Assent.
The House of Lords have finally passed the Brexit Bill after making two changes to it which were then defeated by the House of Commons.
The Bill can now receive the Royal Assent allowing it to become an Act.
The result of the Act means that the Prime Minister can now trigger Article 50 to begin the official discussions with the EU concerning conditions for the UK to leave the EU.
The House of Lords had originally made two ammendments.
1. This concerned protecting the rights of EU citizens in the UK.
2. Which pushed for requiring a meaningful parliamentary vote on the final deal.
Both ammendments were defeated by MP’s in the House of Commons and were removed from the final Bill.
Vote in Parliament to respect the result.
MPs voted on Wednesday 7th Dec 2016 in the House of Commons 461 to 89 to respect the result of the Brexit referendum on 23rd June 2016 and invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by 31st March 2017.
Philip Hammond confirms UK is leaving the EU.
At the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham today (Monday October 3rd 2016) Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said, “No ifs, no buts, no second referendum, we are leaving the European Union.”
Theresa May to trigger Article 50 by the end of March 2017.
The Prime Minister has said that the formal process to leave the EU will begin by the end of March 2017.
Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty will be triggered then.
PM said that the June 2016 vote on Brexit to leave the EU was also a clear message from the British people that they want us to control the movement of people coming into the UK.
Theresa May to introduce Repeal Act in Queens Speech.
Prime Minister May is to introduce an EU Repeal Act in the forthcoming Queens Speech.
The Bill will remove the European Communities Act 1972 from the statute book. May says this would make the UK an independent sovereign nation.
The repeal of the 1972 Act takes effect when the UK leaves the EU under Article 50. The Repeal Act will enshrine existing EU law into British Law and would allow the Government to amend or cancel any legislation after Brexit.
Repeal Act would also end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.
Theresa May discusses Brexit at Chequers.
Prime Minister Theresa May met at her country retreat Chequers with the Cabinet to discuss Brexit.
She says that when triggering Article 50 it does not require a vote in Parliament but can be an executive decision.
She has ruled out a second referendum and confirmed that Brexit still means Brexit.
Theresa May to trigger Article 50 without a commons debate.
Downing Street say the PM has consulted Government lawyers who state she has the executive power to invoke Article 50 without a vote in Parliament.
The Prime Minister say the British public have voted and she will get on with delivering Brexit.
Unemployment at an eleven year low.
Fall in jobless claims confounds forecast of culls after the Brexit vote according to the Financial Times.
Unemployment now at an 11 year low.
Mays first PMQs and trip to Berlin.
Prime Minister May took her first Prime Ministers Questions today, Wednesday 20th July 2016. By all accounts she gave an exceptional performance and certainly outperformed the opposition leader,Jeremy Corbyn.
Later in the day she went to Berlin and met with Chancellor Merkel. In a speech she confirmed that Brexit meant Brexit and the UK would make a success of it. Merkel confirmed that Germany would not make things difficult for the UK.