Greater parliamentary involvement in Brexit process could delay Theresa May's exit plans

On Thursday, the British High Court will hear a legal case being brought by a group of individuals who are demanding that the British parliament must be involved in the Brexit process. Many politicians want a say on when Britain invokes Article 50 which is raising concerns that supporters of Remain could use parliamentary procedures to delay or wreck May's exit plans.

Debates in both the Commons and the House of Lords saw politicians fiercely attack the government's "go it alone" plan to invoke the exit process from Europe. Members of the Parliament from all major parties in the House of Commons, including the ruling Conservatives, demanded they are involved in any deals with Brussels.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has accepted that Parliament should be allowed to vote on her plan for taking Britain out of the European Union. May however, stated that Brexit talks must respect decision of British people and that there shouldn’t be an attempt to block Brexit or undermine the negotiating position of the government.

Greater parliamentary involvement in the Brexit process could reign in some of the governments ‘hard Brexit’ views. The British pound was buoyed in response to the news during Asia hours. GBP/USD was up 1.26 percent on the day, trading at 1.2272 as of 0845 GMT.