UK’S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION
Until
5.00pm (if the Business of the House (Today) motion
is agreed to)
The Prime
Minister
That this House:
1. notes the resolutions of the House of 12 and 13 March, and
accordingly agrees the Government will seek to agree with the
European Union an extension of the period specified in Article
50(3);
2. agrees that if the House has passed a resolution approving the
negotiated
withdrawal agreement and the framework for the future
relationship for the
purposes of section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal)
Act 2018 by
20 March 2019 then the Government will seek to agree with the
European Union
a one-off extension of the period specified in Article 50(3) for
a period ending on
30 June 2019 for the purpose of passing the necessary EU exit
legislation; and
3. notes that if the House has not passed a resolution approving
the negotiated
withdrawal agreement and the framework for the future
relationship for the
purposes of section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal)
Act 2018 by 20
March 2019 then it is highly likely the European Council at its
meeting the following
day would require a clear purpose for any extension, not least to
determine its length,
and any extension beyond 30 June 2019 would require the United
Kingdom to hold
European Parliament elections in May 2019.
