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June Alison Mummery (born 1963 or 1964) [1] is a British politician, and businesswoman, who has been Reform UK's Fisheries spokesperson since 2023. [2] She was elected as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England constituency in the 2019 European parliamentary election, a role she held until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU.
In July 2017 David Jones, Minister of State for Exiting the European Union, told the Commons he expected the parliamentary vote on the Brexit deal with the EU to happen "before the European Parliament debates and votes on the final agreement." Asked to clarify what would happen if MPs and members of the House of Lords decide they don't like the ...
Nigel Paul Farage (/ ˈ f ær ɑː ʒ / ⓘ FARR-ahzh; born 3 April 1964) is a British politician and broadcaster who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Clacton and Leader of Reform UK [c] since 2024, having previously been its leader from 2019 to 2021.
Under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, EU laws will no longer have supremacy over British laws after Brexit. [325] To maintain continuity, the Act converts EU law into British law as "retained EU law". After Brexit, the British parliament (and the devolved legislatures) can decide which elements of that law to keep, amend or repeal. [325]
Christina Sheila Jordan was born in Malaysia.She worked as a secretary in the Turkish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur before moving to the United Kingdom (UK) in 1985. [2] She voted for Brexit in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. [1]
Lucy Elizabeth Harris (born 19 October 1990) is a British Conservative Party politician and advisor. She was elected as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Yorkshire and the Humber constituency in the 2019 European parliamentary election. She held this role until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU.
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Treaty of Union by Acts of Union passed by the Parliament of England (established 1215) and the Parliament of Scotland (c. 1235), both Acts of Union stating, "That the United Kingdom of Great Britain be represented by one and the same Parliament to be styled The Parliament of Great Britain."
The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union or, informally, Brexit Secretary, [1] was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the business of the Department for Exiting the European Union, as well as for the UK's withdrawal from the European Union (EU), informally referred to as "Brexit".