The second (Amendment 20) concerns the inclusion of the Sewel Agreement, which ensures that the UK Parliament is not allowed to legislate on decentralised matters without the consent of the decentralised legislator. Members voted with 239 votes in favour and 235 against, so the amendment was made. Ahead of the vote, Brexit Minister Steve Barclay said the vote would allow Britain to survive a long period of uncertainty. This bill aims to implement the agreement between the UK and the EU in accordance with Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union, which sets out the terms of the UK`s withdrawal from the EU. The United Parliament`s Coordination Group, chaired by the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, David McAllister (EPP, DE), will work with the EU Working Group on relations with the United Kingdom and coordinate with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Trade, as well as with all other relevant committees. The EP will closely follow the work of EU negotiator Michel Barnier and will continue to influence the negotiations through resolutions. The final agreement requires the approval of the entire Parliament. The Declaration on the Future Relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom, also known as the Political Declaration, is a non-binding declaration negotiated and signed at the same time as the binding and broader Withdrawal Agreement in the context of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU), colloquially known as Brexit, and the expected end of the transition period. To enter into force, the Withdrawal Agreement will now be put to the final vote in the Council by qualified majority.
In front of MPs on Friday morning, the prime minister tried to draw a line under three years of bitter parliamentary conflict, calling on his colleagues to “abandon the old labels of leave and stay”. . . .
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