Royal Prerogative

(asked on 24th October 2016) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a decision to use the Royal Prerogative to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU will be subject to judicial review.


Answered by
Chris Skidmore Portrait
Chris Skidmore
This question was answered on 31st October 2016

There are now legal proceedings underway and it would not be appropriate for the Government to comment further on these at this time.

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