You are reading a single comment by @abr and its replies. Click here to read the full conversation.
  • M - Dame Margaret Beckett’s - Confirmatory public vote

    Drawn up by Labour MPs Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson and tabled by former foreign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett with the backing of scores of MPs across the House, this motion would require a public vote to confirm any Brexit deal passed by parliament before its ratification.

    Please tell me this wouldn't be another case of people saying what they don't want but not saying what they do want... would 'remain' definitely be an option on public vote? Or just yay/nay to the deal (and around we go again)?

  • My understanding of the original Kyle and Wilson amendment is that remain is stipulated as an option against whichever deal parliament has chosen.

  • This is the text:

    That this House will not allow in this Parliament the implementation and ratification of
    any withdrawal agreement and any framework for the future relationship unless and until
    they have been approved by the people of the United Kingdom in a confirmatory public
    vote.

    I suppose it depends whether you can read anything into "confirmatory"?

    Given that it's just indicative, not legally binding, I suppose it doesn't really matter at this stage. If it passes and the government implements it then MPs ought to have an opportunity to decide on the nature of the vote.

About

Avatar for abr @abr started