| The United Kingdom's exit from and new partnership with the European Union | |
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 Cm 9417 | |
| Created | 2 February 2017 |
| Location | Palace of Westminster Online version PDF version |
| Author | Government of the United Kingdom |
| Purpose | To lay out theBrexit negotiation objectives once Article 50 has been triggered and new partnership that the UK proposes to have with theEuropean Union. |
TheBrexit plan, officially known asThe United Kingdom's exit from and new partnership with the European Union (Cm 9417), was aUK Governmentwhite paper laying out the approach on the upcoming negotiations the Government was intending to take onceArticle 50 had been triggered as well as laying out the new partnership once the United Kingdom had left theEuropean Union following the outcome of the2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum and was published on 2 February 2017 by the thenPrime Minister,Theresa May on behalf of theUK Government andDavid Davis, the thenSecretary of State for theDepartment for Exiting the European Union.[1][2]
The paper was published ahead of the expectedUnited Kingdom invocation of Article 50 which took place at the end of March 2017 and a separate white paperwas published outlining the governments proposals to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and covert EU laws on the British statute book into British law.
