Brexit: Article 50 Period Extension Procedure Debate

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Viscount Waverley

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Brexit: Article 50 Period Extension Procedure

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Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention and Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) and (Levy Account Basis of Distribution) Regulations 2019
Monday 18th March 2019

(5 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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I am not aware of the Solicitor-General making those comments. I have not seen them; I have been briefing for this session and listening to the debate in the House of Commons. The procedures of the House of Commons are a matter for the Speaker and the property of the House, and nobody is in any doubt about that.

Viscount Waverley Portrait Viscount Waverley (CB)
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Can the Minister confirm whether any extension of Article 50 could be rescinded on the same terms as the original Article 50 was applied for?

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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If the noble Lord is asking whether it can be withdrawn once it has been agreed, I do not think so. We are allowed to apply for an extension, and it has to be agreed unanimously. Once that is done, we will need to amend the appropriate legislation in this country, which is the EU withdrawal Act.

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