Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister (in respect of his Brexit Minister responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:37 pm on 20 March 2019.

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Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour 2:37, 20 March 2019

Certainly, the issue around the legal implications of an extension are one of the consideration that I know are live in the minds of European Union partners. Clearly, there is a point at which the constitution of the new Parliament at the end of June/early July, poses very significant change in the environment. And there are concerns, I think, around whether, if the UK was a member beyond that point without having elected Members of the European Parliament, there might be challenge to the constitution of the new Commission and so on, which feels to me like a risk they would be very disinclined to run in practical terms. So, there are very real constraints to the question we've been discussing in the last 10 or 15 minutes around the extension that might be possible.