UK Brexit secretary: No consensus in parliament on second referendum

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Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Stephen Barclay walks outside of Downing Street in London, Britain, February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

LONDON (Reuters) - British Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay said on Thursday there was no consensus in parliament on holding a second referendum on leaving the European Union, or on what the question would be in any such vote.

"There is, I think, no consensus around, not just the second referendum, but even what the question will be for a second referendum," Barclay told parliament.

(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan, writing by William James, editing by Elizabeth Piper)