Benn Agreement

The stated objective of the extension is not so popular to prevent a Brexit without a deal, but rather to discuss and pass a bill to implement the agreement between the UK and the EU; However, there is currently no agreement on a debate during such an extension and, therefore, no prorogation target is at stake. b) Withdrawal from the European Union without a withdrawal agreement If the chances of reaching an agreement are reasonably exhausted before 19 October (and the European Council of 17 October), the EU itself or one or more Member States may decide to oppose it. If, at any time after October 19, a withdrawal agreement is approved by the House of Commons or if the House of Commons decides that the United Kingdom must withdraw without agreement, the Prime Minister may withdraw or amend his request for an extension under Article 50. On September 12, 2019, Jo Maugham QC and Joanna Cherry QC MP asked the Court of Session of Scotland to ask the Prime Minister to sign the renewal letter if no withdrawal agreement was reached in time. The applicants hoped that the Court of Justice`s nobile-officium law, unique among the British courts, would allow it to send the letter of extension on Johnson`s behalf if he objected. Cherry, the Scottish National Party`s justice spokeswoman, and Maugham had successfully led a case before the Court of Session to challenge Johnson`s welfare of Parliament, which had issued a ruling he had declared illegal the day before. [48] As Britain is due to leave the EU on 31 October, this is the latest attempt to secure Brexit on time and with a deal. The Prime Minister needs the support of some 320 MPs to pass the agreement. But if Parliament does not support it, Mr Johnson is forced, under the Benn Act, to demand a further delay from the EU`s Brexit.

The Benn Act – or the European Union Law (withdrawal) (withdrawal) (No. 2) 2019 – is an act of Parliament that provided the government with a legal obligation to prevent a Brexit without a deal on 31 October 2019 by asking the Prime Minister to request an extension of Article 50. The only way to avoid this was for the House of Commons to accept a request for a withdrawal agreement with the EU by 19 October 2019. The law sets out the steps the Prime Minister should take to request this extension. When the Article 50 procedure was extended, the government was also required to write reports on the progress of negotiations with the EU, which could be voted on by the House of Commons. The law was introduced by Labour MP Hilary Benn as a law for private members. It passed third reading in the House of Commons by a majority of 28 (327 to 299) and received royal approval on September 9, 2019. On 19 October 2019, a special session of Parliament was held on Saturday to discuss a revised withdrawal agreement. [62] [63] Prime Minister Boris Johnson accepted this agreement. MEPs voted 322 to 306 to amend Sir Oliver Letwin`s proposal to delay consideration of the agreement until legislation on its implementation is adopted; The amendment was then accepted in its amended version, thus implementing Letwin`s delay. [64] This delay activated the law requiring the Prime Minister to write immediately to the European Council requesting an extension of the withdrawal until 31 January 2020. [65] [66] Christophe Hansen, head of Brexit in the European Parliament, said the bloc had to respond to Prime Minister Boris Johnson`s demands to reach an agreement.