LONDON — The U.K. aims to introduce its controversial bill to override parts of the Brexit deal it negotiated with the European Union within the next three weeks, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has signaled.
Parliament is not sitting next week and officials in charge of legislation are eyeing the fortnight following June 6. There is then a six-week window for the bill to pass the lower House of Commons before Parliament breaks for its summer vacation, planned for July 20.
“You are not going to see legislation this week,” Lewis said in an interview Monday. “We are doing some work to see that we cover all the key issues. This is something we want to put out there as soon as possible but not in the next couple of days.”
