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MPs to vote on early summer recess | MPs to vote on early summer recess |
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Members of Parliament are to vote on whether to start their summer recess this Thursday, instead of next week. | Members of Parliament are to vote on whether to start their summer recess this Thursday, instead of next week. |
The government has tabled a motion to bring forward the summer break to begin five days earlier than planned. MPs will vote on the motion on Tuesday. | The government has tabled a motion to bring forward the summer break to begin five days earlier than planned. MPs will vote on the motion on Tuesday. |
It comes as MPs have been debating changes to the prime minister's plans for leaving the EU. | It comes as MPs have been debating changes to the prime minister's plans for leaving the EU. |
Labour's Angela Rayner called the motion "pathetic" and said the Tories were frightened of their own MPs. | Labour's Angela Rayner called the motion "pathetic" and said the Tories were frightened of their own MPs. |
Labour backbencher David Lammy said it was "a government that has run out of ideas". | |
Some Conservative backbenchers said they would vote against the motion including former ministers Nicholas Soames and Nick Boles. | |
The Tory chair of the Health Select Committee, Sarah Wollaston, also said she was opposed to an early recess - adding that her committee would be sitting as usual next Tuesday. | |
MPs will return to the Commons on 4 September. | MPs will return to the Commons on 4 September. |