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Pressures on Parliament

Brexit begins

Parliamentary law making

Andrew Mitchell describes the journey through Parliament of one of the most controversial bills in modern constitutional history — the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill 2017 — and illustrates some of the stages of the law-making process along the way

This article is relevant to AQA AS 7161 Paper 1 and A-level 7162 Paper 1, and OCR AS H015 Unit 2 and A-level H415 Unit 2.

The political, legal and economic fallout since the British public voted to leave the European Union on 23 June 2016 has been enormous. The uncodified nature of the UK constitution meant that this decision plunged the government, Parliament and courts into a period of great uncertainty.

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