Yes, but it does so through a Bill and it gives the Prime Minister the opportunity to make her case to Parliament, but without any constraint on that at all. Given that this is a very novel legal approach�a rushed piece of legislation, with a Bill being driven through the House in one day�we should be cautious about the scope we attach to that Bill. Attaching an ability to go for a very long extension of several years�potentially five years if Parliament decided that is what it wanted�is worthy of further deliberation.
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
George Eustice
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 3 April 2019.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill.
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