Despite the resolve of the
British Prime Minister to take the UK out of the EU single market, the Brexit
Secretary David Davis has stated that it may take up to 2021 before the UK will
finally be free from all EU rules and regulations.
Stating that he believed securing
a trade agreement would only last for two years, but there is the possibility
that a transitional arrangement could last till 2020 general election takes
place.
Davis used the moment to
emphasize that even if the UK parliament vote against Brexit, the country will
still leave the EU.
He told the BBC that: "The
second thing to say here is that parliament, remember, and gave the decision on
leaving to the people by a vast majority.
"It decided it was the
people who make the decision in a referendum. So it is not for parliament to
reverse that."
It comes after Theresa May warned
the European Union that she is prepared to walk away from the negotiating table
as she set out her blueprint for Brexit.
The PM’s speech was hugely
praised by Eurosceptics, as she told EU leaders yesterday that any attempt to
“punish” Britain would be “an act of calamitous self-harm for the countries of
Europe” that her Government will not accept.
Mrs May faces a grilling by MPs
over her Brexit plans at today's PMQs, after confirming Britain will quit the
single market and warning she will walk away from exit talks rather than accept
a "punitive" deal.
The Brexit Secretary further
stated that there would be no difference in Britons' right to travel in Europe
or vice versa.
Though he said there is going to
be a totally new customs checks that would be introduced for heavy duty
vehicles carrying goods in and out of the UK
Speaking to the Radio 4 Today
programme on Wednesday, he said: "You won't see any difference, let's say,
in right to travel," he said.
"We've got 35 million people
coming over from Europe every year, that's not suddenly going to change, the
immigration policy is not going.
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