The Wightman Case in the Scottish Courts

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General – in the Senedd at 2:31 pm on 24 October 2018.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of David Rees David Rees Labour 2:31, 24 October 2018

Thank you for that answer, Counsel General. Clearly, the chaotic scenes that we have seen in Westminster over the failure of the UK Government to actually get anywhere near a deal at this point in time raises this much more to the like of: what can we do to extend or even revoke article 50? And I know that this case puts it back in the ECJ situation, but it's not likely to actually report back until some time towards the end of the year, maybe even after a meaningful vote. So, how can you take this message forward to the UK Government, that the shambles they are creating, they should be addressing this matter, and perhaps looking at the possibility of revoking article 50, so that we can get that extra time that everyone is crying for? Because the time is so short, it's unlikely that we're going to complete anything by March 2019.