Reuters reporting the comment a few minutes ago 30 Aug 2016
- govt has no legal obligation to consult parliament on triggering Article 50
No further detail or in what context the statement was made.
It's widely assumed that there is no legal obligation but a petition/test case in progress at the moment from a selective group of business and individuals has yet to be heard and may yet throw in a curve ball.
GBPUSD higher again as EURGBP gets sold down through 0.8525. More bids at 0.8520 though.
Update:
- no legal obligation but parliament will have a say
" There is no legal obligation to consult parliament on triggering Article 50. That position has been well set out. We have been very clear parliament will have a say."
UK's May - Not looking to consult parliament before pressing Article 50 start button
