Brexit and the “meaningful vote”: The Final Countdown?
Next week, the House of Commons will begin five days of debate which will conclude with “the meaningful vote”.…
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Legislation
A User’s Guide to the Meaningful Vote
This paper explains the role of Parliament in the approval or rejection of any withdrawal agreement that may be reached…
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Does the UK have an independent sanctions policy?
Here we look at existing sanctioning powers available to the UK, and consider how Brexit will change sanctions policy.
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Legislating for the withdrawal agreement
On Thursday 6 September 2018, the Leader of the House announced that there would be a General Debate on Monday…
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E-petition 223729 relating to rescinding Article 50 if the Vote Leave campaign broke electoral laws
A Westminster Hall debate on the ‘e-petition 223729 relating to rescinding Article 50 if the Vote Leave campaign broke electoral…
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The Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018
The Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018 makes provision for nuclear safeguards after the UK leaves Euratom. This Briefing Paper discusses the…
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Animal Sentience and Brexit
The Government is reviewing the recognition of animal sentience and the need for UK legislation after Brexit. It has also…
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Legislating for transition: A stay of execution for the European Communities Act?
How will the Government implement or amend EU law during a potential transition period?…
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The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: scrutiny of secondary legislation (Schedule 7)
This briefing paper reviews how proposals for negative statutory instruments made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 will be…
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The Trade Bill
This paper on the Trade Bill has been updated to take account of the Committee Stage.…
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European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19: Ping Pong
This Commons Library Briefing Paper provides details of areas where the two Houses are yet to agree on the text…
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Grieve 2: an amendable motion?
If adopted, ‘Grieve 2’ would provide a statutory guarantee that the Commons can debate, amend and vote upon a motion on the Government’s Brexit policy, if the Commons either rejected the agreements, or talks with the EU fail to produce any agreements.…
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EU (Withdrawal) Bill: Where are we now on the ‘meaningful vote’?
The Grieve amendment, the Government’s amendment in lieu and the original Lords Amendment 19 – how do they differ and what is going on?…
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Last chance for compromise? Devolution and the EU (Withdrawal) Bill
Among the amendments being considered by the Commons in the EUW Bill is the UK Government’s new proposal for how retained EU law should interact with the devolution settlements. There are some outstanding areas of disagreement about the devolution provisions – this post looks at the details. …
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Parliament’s right to a meaningful vote: Amendments to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill
Will the Commons accept or reject the Lords’ meaningful vote amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill? Or will the Commons accept the Government’s ‘amendment in lieu’? We look at these constitutionally unprecedented proposals. …
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