Brexit Negotiations

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:50 pm on 11 December 2017.

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Photo of Theresa May Theresa May The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 3:50, 11 December 2017

We have always said that we will be working to negotiate our full agreement on the future relationship that we have with the EU. Of course, it will not legally be possible for the EU to sign up to that agreement until after we have left and become a third country, because it is not possible for such an agreement to be signed while we are in the EU. The pieces of work that will now go forward will include the details of the implementation period, the details of the withdrawal agreement, which will have to go through certain parliamentary processes in European member states and will also be put to Parliament here in the UK, and our future relationship with the EU on trade, security and other areas.