国际英语资讯:May takes personal charge of UKs Brexit negotiations_时事

国际英语资讯:May takes personal charge of UKs Brexit negotiations

May said DExEU will continue to lead on all of the government's preparations for Brexit: domestic preparations in both a deal and a no-deal scenario, all of the necessary legislation, and preparations for the negotiations to implement the detail of the Future Framework.

Insisting there was no sidelining, Raab said later there was no tension and that he will attend all meetings with May. He said the announcement amounted to some shifting of the Whitehall deckchairs.

Addressing MPs about the new withdrawal bill, and later facing a select committee of MPs, Raab said again that the 39 billion pounds (52 billion U.S. dollars) that Britain has agreed to pay as its so-called divorce settlement with the EU was conditional on a future trade deal between Brussels and London.

Raab said the new bill is aimed at providing further certainty at home and in the negotiations that Britain is getting on with the job of delivering a smooth and orderly Brexit while giving parliamentarians an opportunity to consider the detail of the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill before it is introduced.

The new bill was announced in November but its publication today is the first time that the government has presented detail on how key parts of the Withdrawal Agreement will be made reality in British law.

It follows the EU (Withdrawal) Act which received Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth, aimed ensuring Britain's statute book functions after Brexit, regardless of the outcome of the negotiations.