the General Affairs Council. 29 January: The European Parliament gives its consent to the Council of the European Union to conclude the withdrawal agreement by 621 votes to 49. This also was the final time that MEPs from the United Kingdom sat in the European Parliament. 30 January: The Council of the European Union concludes ratification of the withdrawal agreement. 31 January: At 11 p.m. GMT the United Kingdom withdraws from the European Union, at the deadline set for its departure by the Article 50 extension agreed between the UK and the EU in October 2019, and transitional arrangements begin for the period ending on 31 December 2020. 3 February: UK government objectives, as published, include: Respect the sovereignty of both parties and the autonomy of their legal orders. No regulatory alignment, nor any jurisdiction for the CJEU over the UK's laws, nor any supranational control in any area, including the UK's borders and immigration policy. A suite of agreements of which the main elements would be a comprehensive free trade agreement covering substantially all trade, an agreement on fisheries, and an agreement to cooperate in the area of internal security, together with a number of more technical agreements covering areas such as aviation or civil nuclear cooperation. Future cooperation in other areas does not need to be managed through an international Treaty. The UK Government will be acting also on behalf of the UK Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories: the whole UK family. The UK proposes to agree similar arrangements with the EFTA states. A free trade agreement between the UK and EU should reflect, and develop where necessary, existing international best practice as set out, inter alia, in FTAs already agreed by the EU. 18 March: The EU publishes its draft proposal for a New Partnership with the UK, translating the Political Declaration agreed with the Withdrawal Agreement into a legal text. 30 December: The European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 passes the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by 521 votes to 73. 31 December: At 11 p.m. GMT the United Kingdom completes its separation from the European Union with the ending of the Brexit transition period. The UK ended the dynamic incorporation of future EU law, including most future judgments of the European Court of Justice, into UK law. 1 January 2021: The withdrawal agreement, provided for a transition or implementation period until 00:00 Central