As this government gets on with the business of leaving the European Union, Theresa May, the prime minister, wants to make sure 'the road ahead is clear'.
"As the EU Withdrawal Bill enters Committee Stage in Parliament next week, we want to put the precise date and time of our exit on the first page," she says.
"On 29 March 2019 at 11 pm, the United Kingdom will leave the EU. This date and time is being put into law – which means at that point the UK will no longer be an EU Member State.
"Our laws will once again be made in our country – and the courts interpreting those laws will sit here in Britain.
"It also means the existing body of EU law will become British law, providing certainty and clarity for all businesses and families across the country from the very moment we leave the EU.
"However people voted in the referendum, I believe the country now wants all parties to come together and negotiate the best possible Brexit deal for Britain.
"And let me be clear: we will not tolerate attempts to use the passage of this Bill as a way of slowing down or blocking our withdrawal from the EU.
"The British people were clear and this government is clear – at 11 pm on 29th March 2019, the United Kingdom will leave the EU."
- Use this link for the full statement on Mrs May's intentions.
- And via this link for details on how the UK's new settled status scheme will work for EU citizens.
Heidi Allen, our MP, has been posting regular updates on Brexit on her website.
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