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Spanner In Works For UK Gov’t’s Brexit Plans; Industry Looks To Ongoing Talks With Ministers

 
• By Maureen Kenny

Parliament may get to vote on the terms of the UK’s departure from the EU if an important legal decision handed down today is upheld. Industry has its eye on ongoing talks with the government.

The Nov. 3 legal ruling that the UK government does not have the right to trigger Article 50 – to begin the formal two-year process of taking the UK out of the EU – without the approval of parliament means even more uncertainty for the life sciences sector.

The decision by the High Court of England and Wales could feasibly delay Prime Minister Theresa May’s aim of invoking Article 50 by the end of March 2017

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