Parliament will have a role in Brexit talks, Downing Street says

Parliament will have a role in shaping the country’s Brexit strategy, but a second vote by MPs on Britons’ decision to leave was out of the question, Downing Street said.

"Parliament is of course going to debate and scrutinise that process as it goes on. That is absolutely necessary and the right thing to do," a spokesman for the Prime Minister reportedly said.

"But, having a second vote, or a vote to second-guess the will of the British people is not an acceptable way forward."

That followed reports over the weekend that some MPs from both Labour and the Conservative Party would press Theresa May on its role in the upcoming negotiations.

In parallel, during her visit to Denmark on the same day, May said she hoped he UK's exit from the European Union would be a "smoothe" affair.

The Prime Minister expected to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in the country on the condition of reciprocal terms for British citizens living in the EU.

Former Labour head Ed Miliband told the Observer on 9 October that: “Having claimed that the referendum was about returning sovereignty to Britain, it would be a complete outrage if May were to determine the terms of Brexit without a mandate from parliament.

“There is no mandate for hard Brexit, and I don’t believe there is a majority in parliament for [it] either. Given the importance of these decisions for the UK economy … it has to be a matter for MPs.”

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