Government announces Withdrawal Agreement and Implementation Bill

The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis, has announced that a Withdrawal Agreement and Implementation Bill will implement into UK law the major policies in any withdrawal agreement agreed between the UK and the EU.

The government will bring forward this new Bill once the UK has reached an agreement with the EU.

The government expects the Bill to cover the contents of the withdrawal agreement, which will include issues such as an agreement on citizens' rights, any financial settlement and the details of an implementation period agreed between both sides.