The process for the parliamentary ratification of the United Kingdom withdrawal law from the EU (Withdrawal Bill), which includes the divorce agreement reached by Boris Johnson with Brussels, will be restarted on Friday 20 after the Tory triumph in the British elections. . Downing Street confirmed this.
"We will start the process before Christmas" as promised, a spokesman said. The final approval, granted given the new power relations to the House of Commons, is then expected by the deadline of 31 January 2020.
Today the prime minister is working at Downing Street on the indication of the ministers, which for the time being should be largely confirmed with respect to the pre-voting group and awaiting a wide-ranging Brexit formalization in February. But with some tweaking and the necessary replacement of those who have not been re-elected or re-nominated (in the Kingdom ministers and undersecretaries must be parliamentarians) such as the holder of the department of Culture, Nicky Morgan. On the agenda also a meeting in Westminster with the new Tory group in the House of Commons, now strong with an absolute majority of 365 deputies out of 650. Members, 109 of whom are new faces, elected in part in historically Labor colleges, which Johnson intends to solicit now to support the government's action to "keep its promises": first of all on the implementation of Brexit on January 31st.