As the right hon. Lady knows, the Prime Minister said that an extension would be short and limited. It is clearly a fact of law that any extension to the article 50 period would have to be agreed with all the other 27 Governments; that just reflects the treaties. It logically follows that if the Prime Minister has committed the Government to bring forward legislation in those circumstances to comply with what would be the will of the House, the Government would therefore support such legislation.
UK’s Withdrawal from the EU
Proceeding contribution from
David Lidington
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 27 February 2019.
It occurred during Debate on UK’s Withdrawal from the EU.
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