Brexit: Role of Parliament

Lord Lawson of Blaby Excerpts

Monday 18th July 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Keen of Elie]

My Lords, Parliament is sovereign. But the Executive has certain prerogative powers that it exercises in international legal matters, including the making and unmaking of treaties. That remains the position.

[Lord Lawson of Blaby (Con)]

My Lords, can my noble friend remind me: was it not a decision of Parliament, by an overwhelming majority, that this important issue should be decided by a referendum of the British people?

[Lord Keen of Elie]

That is of course the case.