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| Brexit - live updates: Government defeated as Parliament votes to give itself final say on Brexit deal | |
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| Welcome to The Independent’s live blog taking in Prime Minister’s Questions and the seventh day of debates on the Government’s Brexit legislation. | Welcome to The Independent’s live blog taking in Prime Minister’s Questions and the seventh day of debates on the Government’s Brexit legislation. |
| While it was quite a subdued affair at Prime Minister’s Questions this week, Jeremy Corbyn clearly came off better. | While it was quite a subdued affair at Prime Minister’s Questions this week, Jeremy Corbyn clearly came off better. |
| Tackling the Government on homelessness – something that has gone up by around 50 per cent since 2010 – May found it difficult to defend the indefensible. | Tackling the Government on homelessness – something that has gone up by around 50 per cent since 2010 – May found it difficult to defend the indefensible. |
| Corbyn devoted all of his questions to housing, avoiding a scattergun approach to different topics, which was quite effective. | Corbyn devoted all of his questions to housing, avoiding a scattergun approach to different topics, which was quite effective. |
| The Prime Minister hit back by reeling off statistics from the last Labour government – a questionable line of attack given the Conservatives have been in government since the beginning of the decade. | The Prime Minister hit back by reeling off statistics from the last Labour government – a questionable line of attack given the Conservatives have been in government since the beginning of the decade. |
| Elsewhere, May also insisted at the weekly session that MPs will be given a vote on the the final Brexit deal. | Elsewhere, May also insisted at the weekly session that MPs will be given a vote on the the final Brexit deal. |
| Her comments come as faces the prospect of a serious defeat in the Commons on Wednesday evening after the Tory rebel Dominic Grieve said he believed he has enough support to inflict defeat on the Government. | Her comments come as faces the prospect of a serious defeat in the Commons on Wednesday evening after the Tory rebel Dominic Grieve said he believed he has enough support to inflict defeat on the Government. |
| While he has requested a concession from the Government to avoid a vote later, May was not forthcoming. “We will put the final withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU to a vote in both Houses of Parliament before it comes into force.” | While he has requested a concession from the Government to avoid a vote later, May was not forthcoming. “We will put the final withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU to a vote in both Houses of Parliament before it comes into force.” |