Ahead of a meeting this evening with the Prime Minister the SNP, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party have released the following statement.
Joint statement from Ian Blackford MP, Vince Cable MP, Liz Saville Roberts MP and Caroline Lucas MP:
“We agree that the House of Commons must formulate a plan that will give the EU Council the confidence to agree a longer extension beyond 30th June, so that by the end of next week legislation can be in place to prevent a No Deal exit.
“Parliament should now sit in continuous session until it can reach a decision and set out a clear plan.
“We will be pushing for the House of Commons to support a referendum on remaining in the EU, others will put forward their own positions.
“If the Commons cannot agree, as a last resort we would be prepared to take steps to secure a parliamentary vote on the revocation of Article 50.
“The Prime Minister must not be allowed to bully MPs into a choice between her bad deal and no deal. That would make Brexit a choice between disaster and catastrophe, and that would be a failure of truly historic proportions.
“The UK – and all of its people and nations – deserve better.”
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