Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2016 to Question 49982, which Minister will exercise the prerogative to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty on the Functions of the EU on behalf of the sovereign.

The Prime Minister is clear that she will trigger Article 50 no later than the end of March next year.

The government is disappointed by Thursday's High Court judgement, but we have no intention of letting this change our timetable for triggering Article 50. We will appeal this judgement.