May Dodges Question on Parliament’s Role in Brexit Talks
- Davis refuses to say if he wants U.K. to stay in single market
- Premier agrees to ‘full and transparent debate’ on her terms
Theresa May
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British Prime Minister Theresa May fought a rearguard action to avoid giving lawmakers sway over her negotiating strategy for leaving the European Union, promising they would get to debate the issue without saying whether they would also get a vote.
The pound earlier climbed against all of its 31 major peers after May agreed late on Tuesday to an opposition Labour Party motion that called for a “full and transparent debate on the government’s plan for Brexit.” While the implication was that there would be a vote since it is the usual procedure for ending a motion, she refused to commit to one on Wednesday.