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If people are just seeing news re: Beckett/Grieve ams tabled to so-called '#estimates', we flagged this summer's estimates process in a recent piece - see below. (Short thread) 1/ 
The Beckett/Grieve ams are tabled to the motions to authorise the 2019-20 spending of depts whose estimates have been chosen by the Backbench Business C'tee for separate debate & vote (this yr, 4 depts - DFID, DoE, DWP, HCLG). Motions & ams are here: 2/ publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cm…
The Beckett/Grieve ams seek to make parliamentary authorisation for these 4 depts' 2019-20 spending conditional on either the UK leaving the EU only with a Withdrawal Agreement, or approval by the Commons of a motion giving explicit approval for a #nodeal Brexit. 3/
I'm not surprised someone's giving the estimates process a go as an anti-#nodeal move, since estimates are one of few things gov *has* to put before HoC before summer & where it can't get round needing HoC approval. We (& others) have been speculating about this possibility. 4/
But trying to amend an estimates motion is rare (the last time such an amendment was moved was 2002). And, even if the move proves not to go very far, bringing 'the power of the purse' into play represents an escalation in the Commons-government tussle. /ends
