Oliver Letwin Withdrawal Agreement
The government plans to introduce a bill on the implementation of the withdrawal agreement shortly…. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019, commonly known as the Cooper-Letwin Act, was an act of the British Parliament that provided for extensions of the period under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union as part of the UK`s withdrawal from the European Union. On 27 April 2019, Labour`s Yvette Cooper and Conservative MP Sir Oliver Letwin introduced the House of Commons in an unusual process where the UK government had no control over the House of Commons that day. @oletwinofficial facebook.com/Oliver-Letwin-1571628762849292 Today should be the definitive solution to the Brexit saga – or rather at this stage (discussions on future relations with the EU are the inevitable next step after Brexit day). Instead, the decisive vote on Boris Johnson`s revised withdrawal deal was averted and MEPs voted in favour of Oliver Letwin`s amendment, which delayed the vote. What is going on? What does this mean for Brexit? If Letwin`s proposal were to come into force, the government`s plans to leave the EU by 31 October would be thrown into the air. Such an outcome opens up the possibility of amending the entire withdrawal agreement, for example by calling for a second referendum on the final result. MPs gave Boris Johnson their recent defeat by accepting an amendment from Oliver Letwin to refuse to approve the Prime Minister`s Brexit withdrawal deal until the laws are passed. Find out how the vote failed and how each MP voted.
The government announced its intention to reapply for approval of the revised withdrawal agreement on Monday. However, the speaker could exclude it, as the same request cannot be made twice in the same parliamentary session. If it authorizes a vote on the motion, supporters of the delay may attempt to amend it again. But if Parliament votes for the deal, the Benn Act stipulates that the Prime Minister can withdraw or amend the request for an extension. The amendment stipulates that Parliament will refuse to approve the Prime Minister`s agreement until the Brexit Implementation Withdrawal Act is passed. However, the law specifies that any extension would be null and for all if the government adopts the EU withdrawal law before 31 October. Sir Oliver said: “The only problem that worries me is to maintain the extension of the Benn Act as an insurance policy until the implementing laws have been passed by both Houses of Parliament and the UK withdrawal is ratified. Firstly, the failure to vote in favour of a withdrawal agreement by 19 October triggers the obligation under the Benn Act (which is the subject of further discussion) that the Prime Minister asks the EU to renew its membership of the UK for a period of three months. We will soon see if the Prime Minister fulfils this legal obligation or if he does so in a way (such as sending an adversarial letter) that thwarts his legal obligations under the law. The result would be for Boris Johnson to miss the deadline for signing a deal, as stipulated in the Benn Act, which blocks a Brexit without a deal, so he should ask the EU to extend Brexit for three months.
Section 1 of the Act required the government to allow Parliament to debate a motion requiring the Prime Minister to request an extension of the period during which the Uk must negotiate the terms of its withdrawal from the European Union (“Brexit”) in accordance with Article 50, paragraph 3, of the Treaty on European Union.
