PTI
LONDON
May confirmed the deadline for triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, as the first quarter of next year.
She has also promised a “Great Repeal Bill” in the next Queen’s Speech, which sets parliamentary business for the year.
May named India among the countries keen on a free trade agreement with the UK post-Brexit.
Addressing the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, her first as PM, May highlighted the new role the UK can play outside the European Union.
“Countries including Canada, China, India, Mexico, Singapore and South Korea have already told us they would welcome talks on future free trade agreements.And we have already agreed to start scoping discussions on trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand,” she said.
While the Prime Minister had long hinted that she would start the Brexit process early next year, many observers had speculated that she would hold off until the French presidential elections, due to conclude in May.
