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And here is the reason why @hilarybennmp has withdrawn his amendment to the meaningful-vote motion. It is the presentation of a bill by @NickBoles that - if he succeeds in seizing control of the business of the Commons for a day, after...
....@theresa_may loses tonight’s vote - would (among things) change the law to make a no-deal Brexit impossible. Which is the big thing that Benn wanted. For what it is worth, this is the parliamentary initiative seen by some in Downing Street as a coup by MPs against the PM...
...and is seen by MPs as giving them a voice to prevent what a probable majority of them see as a national disaster.
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Simon Usherwood
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So we've established that there's lots we don't know about the coming weeks, but what do we know?

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Jack Maidment
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***SHENANIGANS KLAXON**: Govt is trying to bundle together concessions made in the Lords on a variety of issues in EU Withdrawal Bill with a bid to water down the meaningful vote. Would mean one vote on everything. Makes it harder for MPs to vote against.
But but but: Dominic Grieve was alive to the danger and has put down his own amendment which would break up the Govt's bundle and separate the concessions from the meaningful vote stuff.
It's all a bit complicated and in the parliamentary weeds but in simple terms it is the Govt trying to put pressure on MPs and Dominic Grieve trying to ensure there is a vote purely on the meaningful vote issue.
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Ian Dunt
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Tight vote even on the timetable of debate on amendments. Govt wins by 321 to 304.
God it's going to be a long two days. Anyway we're nearly ready to go. parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/b8…
They're going to kick off with amendment 110. This covers changes to the power of sifting committee for statutory instruments.
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OK, Today is huge. Today we find out how sensible our MPs are. Whether they'll let Brexit be a disaster, or whether they'll fight to protect British jobs, British Rights, and British Prosperity. #EUWithdrawalBill
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Amendment: Keep our place in the Single Market?
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Faisal Islam
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Here it is - “unity amendment”
“Customs Arrangement as part of the framework for the future partnership”

Signed by
Oliver Letwin
Nicky Morgan
Bill Cash
Jacob Rees Mogg
Stephen Hammond
John Hayes
John Baron
Theresa Villiers
Quite a collection of Tory MPs who fundamentally disagree on the direction of travel on Brexit - and the amendment only commits to a Government statement “outlining steps” towards a “customs arrangement” by 31st Oct 2018.
Another fudegorama.
No Grieve, Soubry, etc...
Indeed the only way to get Rees Mogg and Nicky Morgan to sign the same amendment on customs might well be if it is fundamentally meaningless, you might say, - the wording seems to do not much more but give the PM one more shot at June council...
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