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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12216

19 March 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 30
INSTITUTIONAL / United kingdom
Mrs May is not entitled to repeatedly submit same agreement on an orderly Brexit to parliamentary vote
Brussels, 18/03/2019 (Agence Europe)

The Speaker of the British House of Commons, John Bercow, on Monday 18 March, gave a negative assessment of the possibility that British leader Theresa May could submit for a third vote the agreement on an orderly Brexit that she has negotiated with the European Union (see EUROPE B12172A1, B12212A1)

On the basis of a 1604 convention, Mr Bercow explained that a draft law cannot be put to the vote for British MPs multiple times if its substance remains unchanged. 

On Monday, Mrs May...

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