UK will not let lawmakers tie May's hands in Brexit talks - spokesman

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UK will not let lawmakers tie May's hands in Brexit talks - spokesman

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attends a news conference during the EU Summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will not agree to any changes to its Brexit legislation that would tie Prime Minister Theresa May's hands in exit negotiations with the European Union, May's spokesman said on Monday.

 

In a debate due to begin later on Monday, the government will call on lawmakers to throw out changes made by the upper house of parliament to the legislation that grants May the power to formally trigger exit talks.

 

"We have been clear that we want the bill to be passed unamended," her spokesman told reporters. "We've also been clear throughout that we are determined parliament will be engaged all the way through the process and afterwards ... What we can't do is have anything which would tie the prime minister's hands as she goes into these negotiations."

 

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; writing by William James; Editing by William Schomberg)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-3-13

[Grouse]

We demand our sovereignty back

 

That means parliament 

 

May doesn't even have a mandate.

Edited March 13, 2017 by Grouse

[steve187]

3 hours ago, Grouse said:

We demand our sovereignty back

 

That means parliament 

 

May doesn't even have a mandate.

the mandate was given by the country to all the MP's, get it sorted more people put the cross where it matters, the other idiot gave up the ghost, so she was elected as is required, by her party.

[darksidedog]

House of Commons. "Will" of the people.

House of Lords. "Conscience" of the people.

Praise God for a conscience, Where right is right and politics are the secondary consideration.

The World would be a better place if one of the houses, in every country, was as unconcerned about the next elections going left or right, but on upholding that which is morally right!

Good on the Lords, for standing up and questioning the legal implications, without prior agreement, of the impact this could have on any "foreigner" in the UK right now, legally.

[Grouse]

But, it's all over now!

[nahkit]

11 hours ago, darksidedog said:

House of Commons. "Will" of the people.

House of Lords. "Conscience" of the people.

Praise God for a conscience, Where right is right and politics are the secondary consideration.

The World would be a better place if one of the houses, in every country, was as unconcerned about the next elections going left or right, but on upholding that which is morally right!

Good on the Lords, for standing up and questioning the legal implications, without prior agreement, of the impact this could have on any "foreigner" in the UK right now, legally.

"Good on the Lords, for standing up and questioning the legal implications, without prior agreement, of the impact this could have on any "foreigner" in the UK right now, legally."

 

Yet nothing from the House of Lords on what impact this would have on any British citizen living in the EU.

[KBsinter]

All the labour partys nominations having there "say" they have a majority in the LORDS.......LOL

[nauseus]

18 hours ago, Grouse said:

We demand our sovereignty back

 

That means parliament 

 

May doesn't even have a mandate.

 

Yes she does. The British people have given the government an instruction to resume governing the country, itself, via the referendum.

[Laughing Gravy]

25 minutes ago, nauseus said:

Yes she does

I agree, she just isn't going to tell every Tom, Dick and Grouse before going to the negotiating table. Sounds perfectly sensible.