What happens now?

The government response to the Brexit vote.

· The House of Commons has spoken and the Government will listen.

People, particularly EU citizens who have made their home here and UK citizens living in the EU, deserve clarity about what the House does support.

· So the Prime Minister has set out how we intend to proceed:

First, we need to confirm whether this Government still enjoys the confidence of the House. If it does, the PM will meet with Conservative colleagues, our Confidence and Supply partner the DUP, and senior Parliamentarians from across the House to identify what would be required to secure the backing of the House.

If these meetings yield ideas that are genuinely negotiable and have sufficient support in the House, the Government will then explore them with the EU.

· We ask Members of Parliament on all sides to listen to the British people, who want this issue settled, and to work with the Government to do just that.

Confirming whether this Government still enjoys the confidence of the House…

  • We believe it does – but given the scale and importance of tonight’s vote it is right that others have the chance to test that question if they wish to do so. 
  • If the Official Opposition table a confidence motion this evening in the form required by the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, we will make time to debate that motion tomorrow. 
  • If they decline to do so, we will – on this occasion – consider making time tomorrow to debate any motion in the form required from the other opposition parties.

Holding meetings with Conservative colleagues, the DUP and senior Parliamentarians

· We aim to identify what would be required to secure the backing of the House. …

Exploring ideas that are genuinely negotiable and have sufficient support with the EU

· If these meetings yield ideas that are genuinely negotiable and have sufficient support in the House, the Government will then explore them with the EU.

Two reassurances:
  1. The best way forward is to leave in an orderly way with a good deal. It is not our strategy to run down the clock to 29 March. We will therefore make a statement about the way forward and table an amendable motion by Monday. 
  2. It is our duty to deliver on the instruction to leave the EU. The Prime Minister became PM just after the British people voted to leave the EU in the referendum. She believes it is her duty to deliver on their instruction.
(The opposition has of course tabled a motion of no confidence on which I understand will be debated tomorrow afternoon, with a vote early tomorrow evening.)

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