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Nerdy but important EU(W)A klaxon: gov has now laid its s13(4) statement *which says gov will also be engaging provisions of s13(11)*. That is, gov will say that there is 'no agreement in principle' in negotiations under A50. 1/
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Gov will lay a separate s13(11) statement later this week. And then roll the s13(11) and s13(4) statements together to be considered in a single amendable neutral motion (below) for consideration on 29/1, as is allowed under s13(13). 2/
my 1st thought is that this buys the gov a few more days, before laying the s13(11) statement, in which it might therefore be able to say something more substantive/different than it did today. 3/
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& so it comes to pass. Unamended gov motion defeated 258-303 #BrexitNextSteps
if it helps people understand what's going on, one way I thought of thinking of it is that, on 29 Jan, one HoC majority voted for, say, 'blue'. And a different HoC maj voted for 'yellow'. Today's gov motion said 'green'. But there isn't a majority for that.
one of the oddities of the situation is that 'green' (in this analogy) - i.e. a position including *both* the Spelman anti-'no-deal' amendment *&* the Brady anti-backstop amendment - *is* the official view of the House: it's the resolution passed on 29 Jan....
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OK, I've now read the transcript of today's debate & since the Constitutional Reform & Governance Act 2010 (CRaG Act) seems to have hit the headlines & there's a degree of confusion around, a thread just to clarify (I hope): 1/
The CRaG Act says that a treaty that needs ratifying must be laid before Parliament for 21 sitting days, without the House of Commons resolving against its ratification, before the gov may ratify it. 2/
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