Jonathan Edwards – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2016-10-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of whether Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty is revocable once invoked.

Mr Robin Walker

We must leave in the way agreed in law by Britain and other member states, which means following the process set out in Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union. There is no precedent for a country triggering Article 50, let alone seeking to reverse such a decision. A clear majority of the electorate voted to leave the EU and we will respect the will of the people of the United Kingdom.