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For the first time MPs are now able to have a proxy vote if they are on maternity, paternity and adoption leave. The House approved these temporary standing orders without a division.
*There were proxy votes in the medieval parliament and in the Lords until 1868
MPs applaud the result.
The new proxy voting system will also apply to MPs who suffer a miscarriage.
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The Commons will vote on 11th December on the PM’s withdrawal agreement and future relationship framework.

After that, House is due to sit on the 12th, 13th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th - six sitting days until Christmas recess.

The Commons returns on 7th January.
According to @commonslibrary if the PM’s Brexit motion is voted down, the government is required to make a statement about it’s intentions within 21 days.

There will only be six sitting days left to do that. January will be too late.
And within seven sitting days, Parliament has to vote on a motion based on the government’s stated intentions.
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The resignation of Barry McElduff means there will be a by-election in West Tyrone constituency. How does an MP resign and what happens next?
The first thing to note is that MPs can’t resign. A 1624 resolution prohibits MPs from doing so because “a man, after he is duty chosen, cannot relinquish”.
In those days being an MP was unpaid and seen as an obligation, rather than a sought after position.
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