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Academic research

Centre for Constitutional Change

Cochrane, F. Why Brexit doesn’t mean Brexit (1 July 2019)
Keating, M. Brexit, Borders and Backstops (14 December 2018)

Institute for Public Policy Research

Morris, M. and Kibasi, T. The Brexit withdrawal agreement: A first analysis (15 November 2018)

Institute for Government

Getting Brexit done: What happens now? (10 January 2020)
Getting the UK ready for the next phase of Brexit negotiations (14 December 2019)
Explainer on the UK Government’s new proposals on the Ireland/NI protocol (4 October 2019)
Operation Yellowhammer: explainer (12 September 2019)
Preparing Brexit: No Deal (29 July 2019)
The PM’s “New” Brexit Deal (21 May 2019)
Jill Rutter, After the meaningful vote, what next for Brexit? (15 January 2019)
The November Draft Withdrawal Agreement (19 November 2018)
The Northern Ireland and Ireland Protocol (19 November 2018)

Political Studies Association

Brexit Countdown Blog Series (ongoing)

UK in a Changing Europe, King’s College, London

Brexit: the manifestos uncovered (3 December 2019)
The mechanics of a further referendum on Brexit revisited: questions for the new parliament (6 December 2019)
Negotiating after no deal (22 August 2019)
The Brexit Scorecard (24 June 2019)
Resolving the Brexit impasse (14 February 2019)
Article 50 two years on (29 March 2019)
Brexit votes explained (11 March 2019)
Resolving the Brexit impasse (14 February 2019)
Brexit and the backstop: everything you need to know (11 February 2019)
Professor David Phinnemore and Dr Katy Hayward Brexit and the backstop (7 November 2018)
Negotiating Brexit: where now? (23 October 2018)
Cost of No Deal Revisited (3 September 2018)
Cost of no deal (July 2017)

Business organisations

The Bar Council

The Brexit Papers (23 June 2017)

European Commission

European Commission

Announcement of establishment of “Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom” (UKTF) (22 October 2019)
Press statement by Michel Barnier following the General Affairs Council (Article 50) on the adoption of negotiating directives on transitional arrangements (29 January 2018)
Speech by Michel Barnier at the press conference following the third round of Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom (31 August 2017)
Speaking points by Michel Barnier at the press conference following the second round of Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom (20 July 2017)
Meetings of Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier with organisations and self-employed individuals (Ongoing from October 2016)

European Commission, Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom

Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (19 March 2018)
Draft Withdrawal Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (28 February 2018)
Essential Principles on the Use of Data and Protection of Information Obtained or Processed before the Withdrawal Date (21 September 2017)
Intellectual property rights (including geographical indications) (21 September 2017)
Essential principles on On-going Public Procurement Procedures (21 September 2017)
Guiding Principles for the dialogue on Ireland/Northern Ireland (21 September 2017)
Essential principles on customs related matters needed for an orderly withdrawal of the UK from the Union (21 September 2017)
Essential Principles on Goods placed on the Market under Union law before the withdrawal date (12 July 2017)
Essential Principles on Governance (12 July 2017)
Essential Principles on Ongoing Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial matters (12 July 2017)
Essential Principles on Ongoing Union Judicial and Administrative Procedures (12 July 2017)
Essential Principles on Ongoing Police and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal matters (12 July 2017)
Essential Principles on Citizens’ Rights (12 June 2017)
Essential Principles on Financial Settlement (12 June 2017)
Essential Principles on nuclear materials and safeguard equipment (12 July 2017)
Essential Principles on Issues relating to the Functioning of the Union Institutions, Agencies and Bodies (12 July 2017)

European Parliament

Plenary debate: The UK’s withdrawal from the EU (18 September)

Council of the European Union

Directives for the negotiation of an agreement with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal from the European Union (22 May 2017)

European Council

EU Council response to PMs request to extend Article 50 (21 March 2019)
Special meeting of the European Council in its Article 50 configuration to consider the draft Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration. (25 November 2018)
Statement by Jean Claude Junker 15 January 2019 on outcome of meaningful vote
Michel Barnier statement 14 November 2018
Michel Barnier statement 10 October 2018
Guidelines following the United Kingdom’s notification under Article 50 TEU (29 April 2017)

European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) Government:

Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (14 November 2018)
Political Declaration on the UK-EU future relationship (14 November 2018)

National Assembly for Wales

National Assembly for Wales

Statement: Update on Brexit Negotiations Record of Proceedings 25 October 2017

Scottish Government

Joint Ministerial Committee (Plenary)

Scottish Government

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 2019-20 Legislative Consent Memorandum (22 October 2019)
Statement by Deputy First Minister on no deal Brexit (8 October 2019)
Managing the civil contingencies aspects of a no deal UK EU exit on Scotland: planning assumptions (8 October 2019)
Overview of ‘No Deal’ Preparations (8 October 2019)
First Ministers of Scotland and Wales wrote to the new Prime Minister (25 July 2019)
First Minister wrote to the new Prime Minister re Brexit impact in Scotland and Referendums (Scotland) Bill (25 July 2019)
First Minister’s letter to the Prime Minister (16 January 2019)
Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations – Statement on Brexit (Response to the European Union Exit Vote in Westminster) (19 February 2019)
Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations – Statement on Brexit (Preparations) (6 February 2019)
Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations – Statement on Response to the Outcome of the Meaningful Vote in Westminster (16 January 2019)
Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations – Statement on European Union Exit Preparations (18 December 2018)
James Wolffe, Lord Advocate – Statement on UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill (United Kingdom Supreme Court Judgment) (13 December 2018)
Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations Statement on Brexit Update (12 December 2018)
Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations Statement on Proposed European Union Withdrawal Agreement (15 November 2018)
Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations – Statement on Scotland’s Place in Europe: Our Way Forward (25 October 2018)
Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations – Statement on European Union Exit Preparations (11 September 2018)
Brexit: protecting what matters. What’s at stake for individuals in the Brexit talks (March 2018)
Call for strengthened Brexit dialogue (21 January 2018)

Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament

First Minister’s statement in response to the Supreme Court’s judgment (25 September 2019)
Scottish Government Debate: Avoiding a No Deal Exit from the EU (5 September 2019)
Scottish Government Debate – Protecting Our Interests: Scotland’s Response to the UK Government and EU’s Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration (5th December 2018)
Debate on Withdrawal from the European Union (Negotiations) Official Report 25 October 2017

Scottish Parliament Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee (Session 5)

Article 50 Inquiry (September 2018)
Interparliamentary Forum on Brexit (ongoing)

Negotiating the future UK and EU relationship (17 January 2020)
The revised European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill – Implications for Scotland (6 January 2020)
SB 19-64 The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill – Implications for Scotland (28 October 2019)
SB 19-65 Brexit events timeline: Scottish Parliament engagement and scrutiny (28 October 2019)
McIver, I. et al: Preparing for a no-deal Brexit (August 2019)
Damon Davies, Iain McIver, Rebecca Bartlett, Andrew Aiton Brexit events timeline: Scottish Parliament engagement and scrutiny (14 December 2018)
Iain McIver et al The UK’s Departure from the European Union – An overview of the Political Declaration (28 November 2018)
Iain McIver et al The UK’s Departure from the European Union – An overview of the Withdrawal Agreement (26 November 2018)
Timeline of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (Ongoing)

SPICe Spotlight Blog:

Phase 2 of the Brexit negotiations – the EU’s approach (16 December 2019)
General Election 2019 – Brexit, moving to Phase 2 (13 December 2019)
Sitting of the UK Parliament on 19 October (19 October 2019)
The revised deal on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU (17 October 2019)
Parliament has not been prorogued – the Supreme Court judgment (25 September)
The Court of Session’s decision that proroguing Parliament was unlawful (16 September 2019)
Brexit scenarios: what might happen next? (30 August 2019)
Negotiating the future UK-EU relationship after a no-deal Brexit (25 June 2019)
A bridge over troubled (constitutional) water? (3 May 2019)
Brexit – focus on the future relationship (3 April 2019)
Brexit – What Now (14 March 2019)
European Commission preparations for a “no deal” Brexit (4 February 2019)
Brexit – Seeking amendments to the backstop (30 January 2019)
Brexit – after the meaningful vote (16 January 2019)
Brexit: European Court of Justice ruling on the Article 50 process (14 December 2018)
The Brexit process – the beginning of the end? (26 November 2018)
Preparing for a No-deal Brexit (16 November 2018)
Preparing for a no-deal Brexit (23 August 2018)
Legislating for withdrawal from the European Union – where are we now? (29 June 2018)
Guest blog – A Continuity Bill in the Scottish Parliament? (22 January 2018)
Brexit – Negotiating a transition (30 January 2018)

Think Tanks

Institute for Government

Voting on Brexit: Parliament’s role before 31 October (11 August 2019)
Rutter, J. Six tests for the Prime Minister’s Brexit White Paper (3 July 2018)
Durrant, T., Stojanovic, A. and Lloyd, L. Negotiating Brexit: the views of the EU27 (March 2018)
Brexit negotiations and legislation: implied timeline (10 November 2017)

National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)

Brexit assumptions and alternative scenarios (29 August 2019)
Brexit Negotiations (Ongoing)

Third sector

Constitution Society

Gordon, R. and Sutton, A. Negotiating Brexit: The Legal Landscape (8 November 2017)

Hansard Society

‘Retained EU law’: issues for the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (23 May 2019)

UK Government

First report on The European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks (13 November 2018)
Frameworks analysis: breakdown of areas of EU law that intersect with devolved competence in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (9 March 2018)

Department for Exiting the European Union

The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (2 July 2019)
International Agreements if the UK leaves the EU without a deal (April 2019)
EU Exit: Parameters of extending Article 50 (25 March 2019)
9 January 2019 : UK Government commitments to Northern Ireland and its integral place in the United Kingdom
UK government’s preparations for a no deal scenario (21 December 2018)
How to prepare if the UK leaves the EU with no deal (ongoing)
3 December 2018 EU Exit: Legal position on the Withdrawal Agreement (Command Paper)
28 November 2018 EU Exit: Taking back control of our borders, money, and laws while protecting our economy, security and Union
28 November 2018 EU Exit: Assessment of the security partnership (Command Paper)
28 November 2018 EU Exit: Long-term economic analysis (Command Paper)
Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, as endorsed by leaders at a special meeting of the European Council on 25 November 2018
Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom (November 2018)
Explainer for the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union (November 2018)
Explainer for the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union (November 2018)
The Future Relationship Between the UK and the European Union (12 July 2018)
David Davis’ statement: EU-UK Article 50 negotiations Brussels, Monday 19 March 2018
David Davis’ closing remarks after EU exit negotiations on 9-10 November (10 November 2017)
David Davis’ closing remarks at the end of the fifth round of EU exit negotiations in Brussels (12 October 2017)
David Davis’ opening remarks at the start of the fourth round of EU exit negotiations (25 September 2017)
Letter to the Chair, Committee on Exiting the European Union on the July round of negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. (9 August 2017)

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill (19 December 2019)
Update on no deal preparations (21 October 2019)
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 2019-20. (21 October 2019)
New Withdrawal Agreement (19 October 2019)
New Political Declaration (19 October 2019)
UK Government’s Letter requesting an extension to the Article 50 process to 31 January 2020. (19 October 2019)
House of Commons statement on Brexit preparations (8 October 2019)
No-Deal Readiness Report (8 October 2019)
Prime Minister’s statement to replace the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (3 October 2019)
New proposals to replace the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (2 October 2019)
1 April, House of Commons conducted a second round of “indicative votes”
On 29 March a third debate and vote on the Withdrawal Agreement
On 27 March, the House of Commons held a series of “indicative votes”
25 March, Prime Minister’s statement to the House of Commons
House of Commons Speaker, John Bercow made a statement on the possibility on a third meaningful vote (18 March 2019)
Guidance note on the Parameters of extending Article 50 (14 March 2019)
Westminster Vote to Extend Article 50 14 March 2019
PM statement in the House of Commons: 12 March 2019
House of Commons debate 27 February 2019
PM statement to the House of Commons: 26 February 2019
House of Commons debate on 14 February
PM’s statement to the House of Commons on Brexit: 12 February 2019
PM statement to the House of Commons: 29 January 2019
House of Commons debate and vote on the 29 January 2019
PM statement to the House of Commons on Brexit: 21 January 2019
Written statements were issued on 21 January and 24 January
Five further days of debate were had on 9 January, 10 January, 11 January, 14 January and 15 January
PM statement in the House of Commons: 14 January 2019
PM statement to the House of Commons: 15 January 2019
UK Government commitments to Northern Ireland and its integral place in the United Kingdom (9 January 2019)
PM announcement on delay to meaningful vote (10 December 2018)
UK government’s preparations for a ‘no deal’ scenario (December 2018)
Debates on the “meaningful vote” 4 December, 5 December, 6 December.
EU Exit: Legal position on the Withdrawal Agreement (Command Paper) (3 December 2018)
Prime Minister’s “letter to the nation” 24 November 2018
Prime Minister’s statement to Parliament – 22 November
Prime Minister’s statement House of Commons 15 November 2018
Prime Minister’s public statement 14 November 2018
Prime Minister statement on 22 October to update the UK Parliament
Prime Minister’s update to the House of Commons on 15 October
Statement 09 October 2018: EU Exit Negotiations
Security, law enforcement and criminal justice. A future partnership paper (18 September 2017)
Collaboration on science and innovation. A future partnership paper (September 2017)
Foreign policy, defence and development. A Future partnership paper (12 September 2017)
Technical note: functionality and Protocol 7 (28 August 2017)
Technical note: existing contracts for the supply of nuclear material (28 August 2017)
Technical note: spent fuel and radioactive waste (28 August 2017)
The exchange and protection of personal data. A future partnership paper (24 August 2017)
Enforcement and dispute resolution. A future partnership paper (23 August 2017)
Providing a cross-border civil judicial cooperation framework. A future partnership paper (22 August 2017)
Continuity in the availability of goods for the EU and the UK. Position paper (21 August 2017)
Confidentiality and access to documen Position paper (21 August 2017)
Future customs arrangements. A future partnership paper (15 August 2017)
Northern Ireland and I Position paper (16 August 2017)
Northern Ireland and Ireland. Position paper: Additional Data Paper: Common Travel Area Data and Statistics (16 August 2017)
Northern Ireland and Ireland. Position paper: Additional Data Paper: Northern Ireland Trade Data and Statistics (16 August 2017)
Nuclear materials and safeguards issues. Position paper (13 July 2017)
Ongoing Union judicial and administrative proceedings. Position paper (13 July 2017)
Privileges and immunities. Position paper (13 July 2017)
The United Kingdom’s Exit from the European Union. Safeguarding the Position of EU Citizens Living in the UK and UK Nationals Living in the EU (Cm 9464) (26 June 2017)
Rights of EU Citizens in the UK. Policy Paper Factsheet (26 June 2017)
Prime Minister’s letter to Donald Tusk triggering Article 50 (29 March 2017)

HM Government and European Commission

Joint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government on progress during Phase 1 of negotiations under Article 50 TEU on the United Kingdom’s orderly withdrawal from the European Union (8 December 2017)
Comparison of EU/UK positions on citizens’ rights (31 August 2017)
Comparison of EU/UK positions on citizens’ rights (19 July 2017)
Terms of Reference for the Article 50 TEU negotiations (19 June 2017)

Joint Ministerial Committee

PMs Office 10 Downing Street

UK Parliament

House of Commons

PM’s statement at a Special sitting of the UK Parliament (19 October 2019)
Debate on the UK Government motion to approve the Withdrawal Agreement, Political Declaration and Unilateral Declaration on Consent (19 October 2019)
House of Commons debate: European Union (Withdrawal) (No.6) Bill: Commons stages (4 September 2019)
Boris Johnson, new Prime Minister gave a statement in the House of Commons (25 July 2019)
Debate on European affairs, day one, House of Commons Hansard 14 March 2018
Westminster Hall debate on Leaving the EU: No-deal Alternatives House of Commons Hansard 21 February 2018
Debate on Government’s EU Exit Analysis House of Commons Hansard 31 January 2018
Written statement on EU Exit Agreements House of Commons Hansard 13 December 2017
Statement on Brexit Negotiations House of Commons Hansard 11 December 2018
Statement on EU Exit Negotiations House of Commons Hansard 13 November 2017
Statement on EU Exit Negotiations House of Commons Hansard 17 October 2017
Statement on EU Exit Negotiations House of Commons Hansard 5 September 2017

House of Commons Exiting the European Union Committee

March 2019 – Inquiry – The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal: role of Parliament inquiry (ongoing)
13th Report – Response to the 12 March 2019 vote on the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration: next steps for Parliament(13 March 2019)
12th Report – Response to the vote on the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration: Assessing the Options (28 Jan 2019)
11th Report – Response to the vote on the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration: Options for Parliament (16 Jan 2019)
10th Report – The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal – The Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration(9 December 2018)
9th Report – The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal (June to September 2018)(18 September 2018)
The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal: Data Seventh Report of Session 2017–19 (3 July 2018)
Parliamentary scrutiny and approval of the Withdrawal Agreement and negotiations on a future relationship Sixth Report of Session 2017–19 (28 June 2018)
The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal (March to May 2018) Fifth Report of Session 2017–19 (24 May 2018)
The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal: December 2017 to March 2018. Third Report of Session 2017–19 (18 March 2018)
The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal: Government response to the Committee’s Second Report (1 March 2018)
The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal. Second Report of Session 2017–19 (1 December 2017)
The progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal inquiry (ongoing from 14 September 2017)

House of Commons Library

Brexit next steps: Ratifying the EU Withdrawal Agreement (23 January 2020)
Brexit: What happens next? (3 January 2020)
The new EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: What’s changed? (20 December 2019)
Parliament and the three extensions of Article 50 (31 October 2019)
What does the latest Brexit delay mean for the UK and EU? (31 October 2019)
No-deal Brexit: A guide to Commons Library research (11 October 2019)
Brexit timeline: events leading to the UK’s exit from the European Union (25 September 2019)
A no-deal Brexit: the Johnson government: Commons Library research briefing (6 September 2019)
The Benn-Burt Bill: Another Article 50 extension? (4 September 2019)
Brexit reading list: no deal Commons Library research briefing (28 August 2019)
House of Commons Library. After Brexit: an Association Agreement with the EU? Commons Library Insight (18 July 2019)
Negotiations on the UK leaving the EU during the EU extension period Commons Library research briefing (20 May 2019)
Are we preparing for European Parliamentary elections? Commons Library Insight (9 April 2019)
European elections and a longer extension to Article 50 Commons Library Insight (3 April 2019)
EU ‘exit day’ is changed in UK law Commons Library Insight (28 March 2019)
The EU agrees to delay Brexit – but for how long? Commons Library Insight (25 March 2019)
Brexit delayed: European Council Conclusions on extending Article 50 Commons Library research briefing (22 March 2019)
Extending the Article 50 period: FAQs Commons Library Insight (21 March 2019)
Extending Article 50: could Brexit be delayed? Commons Library research briefing (updated 21 March 2019)
What is “exit day”? Dispelling misconceptions about the extension of Article 50 Commons Library Insight (19 March 2019)
Could the Withdrawal Agreement be terminated under international law? Commons Library research briefing (updated 19 March 2019)
The UK’s EU Withdrawal Agreement Commons Library research briefing (updated 14 March 2019)
The ‘Strasbourg package’ Commons Library research briefing (13 March 2019)
The “meaningful vote” deferred: What now? (13 December 2018)
A User’s Guide to the Meaningful Vote (25 October 2018)
Miller, V [… et al] Brexit: the July negotiations (2 August 2017)
Curtis, J. [… et al] Brexit Negotiations: The Irish border question (17 July 2017)
Miller, V. Brexit: red lines and starting principles (22 June 2017)
Miller, V. and Gorb, S. Legislating for Brexit: EU directives (5 April 2017)

House of Commons Public Accounts Committee

Exiting the European Union. Eighteenth Report of Session 2017–19 (7 February 2018)

House of Commons Procedures Committee

Eighth Report of Session 2017–19, Motions under section 13(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (14 November 2018)

House of Lords Brexit round-up: Politics (Ongoing)
Debate on UK and EU Relations, part 1 House of Lords Hansard 12 September 2017
Debate on UK and EU Relations, part 2 House of Lords Hansard 12 September 2017

House of Lords European Union Committee

Brexit: UK-Irish relations follow-up inquiry (Ongoing from 12 January 2018)
Scrutiny of Brexit negotiations inquiry (Ongoing from 20 July 2017)

House of Lords EU Select Committee

35th Report – Beyond Brexit: how to win friends and influence people(25 March 2019)
New inquiry Scrutiny of Brexit-related treaties (January 2019)

House of Lords Library

European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill: Briefing for Lords Stages (5 September 2019)
Extending Article 50: European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 Lords Library research briefing (26 March 2019)
Brexit: Further Recent Developments Lords Library research briefing (21 March 2019)
Brexit: Recent Developments Lords Library research briefing (7 March 2019)
Further Brexit Discussions with the European Union Lords Library research briefing (27 February 2019)
Further Article 50 Discussions with the EU Lords Library research briefing (21 February 2019)
Ongoing Brexit Discussions with the European Union Lords Library research briefing (13 February 2019)

Welsh Government

Joint Ministerial Committee