Question to Department for Exiting the European Union

Answered

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to seek an extension to Article 50; and if so, until what date.

Asked by

Lord Dykes

Date asked

21 Jan 2019

To

Department for Exiting the European Union

Answer

We are committed to leaving the EU on 29 March 2019. In any case, the EU are very unlikely simply to agree to extend Article 50 without a plan for how we are going to approve a deal.

Answered on 5 Feb 2019