UK Parliament Needs to Ratify Brexit Decision – Minister for Exiting EU

David Davis, UK secretary for exiting the European Union stated that the UK parliament needs to at least ratify legislation under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 in order to proceed with leaving the European Union.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The British parliament has to ratify the decision to leave the European Union to allow for further Brexit legislation, UK secretary for exiting the European Union said Tuesday at a meeting of the Select Committee of the House of Commons.

While the British public has voted to leave the bloc, the majority of UK lawmakers have opposed Brexit and voted against the move.

"There has to be some [internal UK] legislation [to start the Brexit process], no doubt about that," David Davis said, adding that "there may well have to be at least parliamentary ratification under the relevant 2010 legislation — the so-called CRAG [the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010] — but that's the absolute minimum I can see."

According to Davis, the parliament needs to at least ratify legislation under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 in order to proceed with leaving the bloc.

On June 23, the United Kingdom held a referendum to determine whether or not the country should leave the European Union. According to the final results, 51.9 percent of voters, or 17.4 million people, decided to support Brexit, while about 16.1 million opposed it.

Prime Minister Theresa May has repeatedly stated that despite many members of the ruling Conservative Party opposing the decision, the referendum results have to be respected, saying that there is no way back and "Brexit means Brexit."