Prime Minister Theresa May triggers Article 50.
At 12.30pm on Wednesday 29th March 2017 a letter triggering the exit from the European Union by the United Kingdom was handed to the EU President Donald Tusk in Brussels.
The UK will now formally leave the EU in two years. During this time the UK will try and create an acceptable deal with the remaining 27 countries of the EU.
EU summit to be held on 29th April 2017 to discuss Brexit.
The remaining 27 EU members will meet for a summit to discuss Brexit a month after Article 50 is triggered.
Downing Street announce Article 50 will be triggered on Wednesday 29th March 2017.
This means that the official negotiations for the UK to leave the European Union can now begin with a result required by March 29th 2019.
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The House of Lords had originally made two ammendments.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.
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.