'UK Parliament will take control of Brexit of May fails to get the vote approved'


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 11-03-2019 16:25 IST | Created: 11-03-2019 16:11 IST
'UK Parliament will take control of Brexit of May fails to get the vote approved'
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Prime Minister Theresa May must find a way to build consensus in parliament over Britain's departure from the European Union, and if she fails to, parliament will try to take control of Brexit, a Labour Party lawmaker said on Monday.

Yvette Cooper, an opposition party lawmaker who has led efforts to hand parliament more control over Brexit, said in a speech at the Centre for European Reform: "There are practical steps the prime minister can take now, not easy ones, but sensible ones - step by step to build more consensus around a way through this."

"Now if she won't find a way through, then parliament has a responsibility to do so instead. And once again, we will be ready to work cross-party on amendments to do that." 

(With inputs from agencies.)

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