Thangam Debbonaire
MP for Bristol West
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 requires the Prime Minister to ask for an extension unless Parliament has agreed a withdrawal agreement; or agreed to leave without one.
So, in oral questions to the Attorney General on Thursday 3 October 2019, I asked him to confirm that if Parliament has either not agreed to a withdrawal agreement, or not agreed to leave without one, the Prime Minister would be acting unlawfully if he took us out of the EU on 31 October anyway. It required a simple yes or no answer.
Brexit and the law – a simple yes or no from the Attorney General?
The European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 requires the Prime Minister to ask for an extension unless Parliament has agreed a withdrawal agreement; or agreed to leave without one.So, in oral questions to the Attorney General last Thursday, I asked him to confirm that if Parliament has either not agreed to a withdrawal agreement, or not agreed to leave without one, the Prime Minister would be acting unlawfully if he took us out of the EU on 31 October anyway. It required a simple yes or no answer.
Posted by Thangam Debbonaire MP for Bristol West on Monday, October 7, 2019