11-12-2018, 21:37
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Re: Brexit
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
There was nothing in the 2015 EU Referendum Act that made the outcome of the referendum legally binding.
In 2010 the House Of Lords Constitution Committee explained that referendums in this country can only ever be advisory because of the sovereignty of Parliament. The only way that they could become legally binding would be if Parliament actively agreed to bind itself to the result of a future referendum.
Confusion has been caused by people e.g. the former Culture Secretary Karen Bradley erroneously saying that the result was actually binding
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European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
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