David Davis tells MPs not to try and amend Article 50 bill so UK can get on with leaving the EU – and tells MPs ‘don’t tie Theresa May’s hands’
DAVID Davis has urged MPs to leave the Brexit bill untouched tomorrow to allow Theresa May to start EU divorce talks.
The defiant Brexit Secretary insists the public now want the Prime Minister to get on with formally triggering our departure from the EU.
He wants the Commons to kick out measures introducing protections for EU nationals living in the UK and allow a “meaningful” vote on the final exit package.
The House of Lords backed the amendments to the bill and Labour made a “direct appeal” to the PM in a letter on Friday to give them her “urgent personal attention”.
If Peers accept the decisions by MPs tomorrow it would allow the Prime Minister to formally trigger the Article 50 EU exit process as early as Tuesday.
Mr Davis said: “However they voted in the referendum, the majority of people now want the Prime Minister to be able to get on with the job.
“By a majority of four to one, MPs passed straightforward legislation allowing the Government to move ahead with no strings attached."
He told MPs on the Andrew Marr Show this morning not to "tie the Prime Minister's hands".
And he added: "what we can't have is either House of Parliament reversing the decision of the British people - they haven't got a veto."
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Mr Davis said last night: "I will be asking MPs to send the legislation back to the House of Lords in its original form so that we can start building a Global Britain and a strong new partnership with the EU.
"Our new position in the world means we can restore national self-determination, build new trading links and become even more global in spirit and action."
Meanwhile, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has revealed if the Commons don’t reject the Lords changes, Parliament would be “flicking two fingers” at the British people and their democratic rights.
