News / UK and world by Press Association February 14, 2019, 10:26 am Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter MPs have the opportunity to express their views on Brexit in a series of Valentine’s Day votes in the House of Commons. The greatest threat to the Prime Minister’s majority appears to come on her own motion, with Conservative eurosceptics threatening to rebel over fears it could commit Theresa May to ruling out a no-deal Brexit. A variety of amendments have been tabled, with Commons Speaker John Bercow selecting which go to a debate and vote. Votes on amendments will not be legally binding on the Government. Here are the proposals on the order paper: – Government motion This apparently innocuous motion asks the House to welcome Mrs May’s statement on Tuesday, setting out progress in Brexit talks, note that talks on the Irish backstop are “ongoing” and “reiterate its support” for the approach to negotiations agreed the last time MPs voted, on January 29. The problem for the Government is that MPs voted that day not only to authorise the PM to go back to Brussels and seek a replacement for the controversial Irish backstop, but also for a non-binding motion which would rule out a no-deal outcome. Leave-supporting backbenchers from the European Research Group fear that this would effectively mean signing up to a bar on no-deal. – Labour amendment Tabled by Jeremy Corbyn and his frontbench, this would require the Government to either call a… [Read full story]
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