A ‘Plan B’ considered and two instructions given: Where next for Parliament and Brexit?
How MPs voted on the amendments and what the final resolution means for wider negotiations with the EU and Parliament’s role between now and exit day.…
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Negotiations
The ‘Malthouse Compromise’: What is ‘Plan C’?
What is ‘the Malthouse Compromise’, and how would it work? …
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What are the ‘other’ Brexit options?
Here we look at the potential options for the UK in negotiating its future relationship with the EU.…
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A “meaningful vote” cast: What happened and what next?
Following the “meaningful vote”, what can we expect next in the Brexit timeline?…
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The “meaningful vote” deferred: What now?
Given that the Prime Minister is now seeking further “assurances”, it is not clear whether the Government believes that it still has “political agreement” with the EU…
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Brexit: Negotiations Update (March-June 2018)
This briefing paper provides an update on the progress of the Article 50 TEU negotiations since March 2018, and what…
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Brexit: can Parliament control the outcome of the negotiations?
The House of Lords has debated Parliament’s role in Brexit this week, resulting in two widely publicised amendments to the…
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Brexit: new guidelines on the framework for future EU-UK relations
Brexit negotiations have resumed and this third phase will cover issues outstanding from the last phases – the Irish border in…
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Brexit: Gibraltar update
Gibraltar has enjoyed a unique status as a UK external territory within the EU – how will it be dealt…
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What happens to EU funding after Brexit?
In 2016/17, the UK received over £5 billion in funding from EU programmes. Much of this went into research, infrastructure…
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Brexit: Council Directives for Negotiations on Transition
This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the January 2018 negotiating directives drawn up by the Council of Ministers, in…
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Brexit: who has said what about transition?
Phase two of the Brexit negotiations has started. The EU and UK negotiators have expressed their views on the scope…
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Brexit reading list: negotiations and future relations
The Commons Library has compiled, from a wide range of sources, a selection of analysis and comment relevant to the…
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Brexit: ‘sufficient progress’ to move to phase 2
This paper looks at the path towards ‘sufficient progress’ in the first phase of Brexit negotiations and the Joint Report…
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Brexit: the November negotiations
Was progress made in the sixth round of Brexit negotiations? This paper looks at what happened in the latest round…
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