A week has elapsed since the result of the referendum was declared. Rarely has there been greater proof of the statement that "a week is a long time in politics." These documents issued by Parliament will be of interest :
a) Brexit: what happens next? - This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the immediate consequences of the vote and some of the longer term implications. This paper considers various questions about UK withdrawal from the EU and what is likely to happen in the coming weeks and months. The issues include the method of leaving the EU, continuing parliamentary scrutiny of EU business and the withdrawal negotiations, and the implications of Brexit for Scotland and Gibraltar.
b) Brexit: how does the Article 50 process work? - This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the process of withdrawing from the EU under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. There could be a complex and difficult negotiation lasting two years or more, or the UK could leave without settling its exit terms or its future relationship with the EU.
c) Leaving the EU: Parliament’s role in the process - Following the result of the referendum held on 23 June 2016, this House of Lords Library briefing examines what Parliament’s role would be in the process of withdrawing from the European Union in several key areas: invoking Article 50; overseeing the negotiation process; ratifying agreements; repealing and reviewing domestic legislation.
Drawing on parliamentary material and recent legal and constitutional
comment, this Library briefing examines what Parliament’s role would be
in the process of withdrawing from the European Union in several key
areas:
Invoking Article 50—The Prime
Minister has said it would be for his successor and his or her Cabinet
to decide whether the House of Commons should have a vote on the
decision to trigger Article 50, the formal process set out in the Treaty
on European Union for member states to follow should they decide to
leave the EU. Some legal commentators agree that prerogative powers
would enable a Prime Minister to take this decision; some have suggested
that Parliament could have a role, and others have gone further,
arguing that prior parliamentary approval would be required before
Article 50 could be invoked.
Ratifying Agreements—Parliament would have a statutory role in ratifying an eventual withdrawal agreement and any other international agreements arising from the negotiations if they were subject to the usual procedure for ratifying treaties. The House of Commons potentially has the power to block the ratification of a treaty indefinitely; the House of Lords does not. Under the terms of Article 50, the UK’s membership would cease two years after it gave formal notification of its intention to leave, if no withdrawal agreement had come into force by that point, although the two-year period could be extended on the unanimous agreement of all EU member states.
Repealing and Reviewing Domestic Legislation—As
part of the process of leaving the EU, decisions would need to be made
about how to deal with existing domestic legislation passed to enable EU
law to have effect in the UK, a process which the House of Lords
European Union Committee has described as "domestic disentanglement from
EU law". Parliament would have an important role to play in reviewing,
repealing, amending and replacing legislation, a process which is
predicted by many to be complex and time-consuming. Once the UK had
formally triggered Article 50, its timescales would apply independently
of Parliament approving domestic legislative changes associated with
leaving the EU.
d) Update 26th July - House of Lords European Union Committee 22nd July 2016 - Scrutinising Brexit: the role of Parliament
d) Update 26th July - House of Lords European Union Committee 22nd July 2016 - Scrutinising Brexit: the role of Parliament
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