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Entries for November 2016

Aileen McHarg: Article 50, Parliamentary Authorisation and the Sewel Convention

The Divisional Court’s ruling in R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union that parliamentary authorisation is required before the Prime Minister can give notice of the UK’s intention to withdraw from the EU under Article 50(2) TEU raises the question of what role, if any, the devolved legislatures will have in that process.


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