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Parliament's Indicative votes ... Wednesday through to next week
Earlier this week, the House of Commons took the parliamentary agenda away from Ministers. Backbench MPs now have a chance to begin the journey towards a viable way out of this Brexit mess.
Today, MPs will take control of what the House of Commons debates so that all the various Brexit options can be scrutinised.
One motion tabled is to prevent the UK implementing Brexit unless a deal is approved in a confirmatory referendum. Clearly this referendum must include the option to remain in the EU. MPs are pressing Labour and others to do the right thing and support this.
The votes tonight are the beginning of a process, with further votes to whittle down options again next Monday. It’s crucial we maximise support for a People’s Vote, so please do what you can to let everyone know.
Several options have been tabled and the Speaker, John Bercow, will select a number of the following for discussion and votes later on Wednesday.
Andrea Leadsom, the leader of the Commons, has said the government hopes to be able to hold a third vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal later this week.
Latest; https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/mar/27/brexit-latest...
Today, MPs will take control of what the House of Commons debates so that all the various Brexit options can be scrutinised.
One motion tabled is to prevent the UK implementing Brexit unless a deal is approved in a confirmatory referendum. Clearly this referendum must include the option to remain in the EU. MPs are pressing Labour and others to do the right thing and support this.
The votes tonight are the beginning of a process, with further votes to whittle down options again next Monday. It’s crucial we maximise support for a People’s Vote, so please do what you can to let everyone know.
Several options have been tabled and the Speaker, John Bercow, will select a number of the following for discussion and votes later on Wednesday.
Andrea Leadsom, the leader of the Commons, has said the government hopes to be able to hold a third vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal later this week.
Latest; https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/mar/27/brexit-latest...
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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Eight amendments chosen by Bercow to be put to vote
John Bercow, the Speaker, is putting eight amendments to a vote.
Here they are. I have taken the summary of what each one says from the Press Association summary I posted earlier. The letters refer to the letters attached to each amendment in the order paper.
B - John Baron’s - No deal
Backed by Conservative MPs John Baron, David Amess, Martin Vickers and Stephen Metcalfe, the motion proposes leaving the European Union without a deal on April 12.
D - Nick Boles’s - common market 2.0
Tabled by Conservatives Nick Boles, Robert Halfon and Andrew Percy and Labour’s Stephen Kinnock, Lucy Powell and Diana Johnson. The motion proposes UK membership of the European free trade association and European Economic Area. It allows continued participation in the single market and a “comprehensive customs arrangement” with the EU after Brexit, which would remain in place until the agreement of a wider trade deal which guarantees frictionless movement of goods and an open border in Ireland.
H - George Eustice’s - Efta and EEA
A motion tabled by Conservative MP George Eustice – who quit as agriculture minister this month to fight for Brexit – proposes remaining within the EEA and rejoining Efta, but remaining outside a customs union with the EU. The motion was also signed by Conservative MPs including former minister Nicky Morgan and head of the Brexit Delivery Group Simon Hart.
J - Ken Clarke’s - Customs union
Requires a commitment to negotiate a “permanent and comprehensive UK-wide customs union with the EU” in any Brexit deal. Tabled by veteran Conservative Europhile Ken Clarke, backed by Labour’s Yvette Cooper, Helen Goodman and chair of the Commons Brexit committee Hilary Benn and Tory former ministers Sir Oliver Letwin and Sarah Newton.
K - Labour’s - Customs union and alignment with single market
Labour has tabled a motion proposing its plan for a close economic relationship with the EU. The plan includes a comprehensive customs union with a UK say on future trade deals; close alignment with the single market; matching new EU rights and protections; participation in EU agencies and funding programmes; and agreement on future security arrangements, including access to the European arrest warrant
L - Joanna Cherry’s - Revocation to avoid no deal
Under this plan, if the government has not passed its withdrawal agreement, it would have to stage a vote on a no-deal Brexit two sitting days before the scheduled date of departure. If MPs refuse to authorise no-deal, the prime minister would be required to halt Brexit by revoking article 50. The motion, tabled by the SNP’s Joanna Cherry, has been signed by 33 MPs including the Conservative former attorney general Dominic Grieve, the Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Vince Cable, Labour’s Ben Bradshaw and all 11 members of the Independent Group.
M - Dame Margaret Beckett’s - Confirmatory public vote
Drawn up by Labour MPs Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson and tabled by former foreign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett with the backing of scores of MPs across the House, this motion would require a public vote to confirm any Brexit deal passed by parliament before its ratification.
O - Marcus Fysh’s - Contingent preferential arrangements
A group of Conservative MPs, including Marcus Fysh, Steve Baker and Priti Patel, have signed a motion that calls for the government to seek to agree preferential trade arrangements with the EU, in case the UK is unable to implement a withdrawal agreement with the bloc.
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But closest votes (by about 30) being a customs union and putting it back to the people ref2. Next indicative votes prolly on these two Monday :) Unless of course the DUP are offered another cool £1 billion and knighthoods ...
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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I suppose the next step will be lobbying around the two or three that garnered the most votes and modifying them for the next round
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