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Brexit minister tells MPs they will have meaningful vote on 'plan B' – Politics live | |
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Labour’s Stephen Doughty says the problem for Walker is that MPs don’t believe anything the government says anymore. | |
Labour’s Vernon Coaker asks for an assurance that there are “absolutely no circumstances” in which MPs will be denied a vote on the deal. He says there is very little trust in the government. | |
Walker says he is happy to give that assurance. There will be a vote, he says. | |
Labour’s Lisa Nandy asks for an assurance that the government will explore every option, including extending article 50, rather than allowing a no deal Brexit. | |
Walker says Theresa May is trying to get a good deal through parliament. | |
Hilary Benn, the Labour chair of the Commons Brexit committee, says MPs won’t be satisfied with Walker’s assurances. He says MPs learnt yesterday that assurances can go up “in a puff of smoke”. | |
Walker says the government is committed to making a statement about its future intentions (which is at the point that the Grieve amendment would allow MPs to have a say, by tabling amendments) either in the case of there being no deal, or in the case of the deal being voted down. | |
Dominic Grieve, the Conservative former attorney general who tabled the amendment last week saying that, if the deal gets voted down, MPs will be able to have a say on what happens next by tabling amendments to the government motion, asks if his amendment is now accepted by the government. | |
Walker says it is. | |
Nick Thomas-Symonds, the shadow solicitor general, says the reassurance given by Robin Walker means nothing without a legal opinion from the attorney general backing it up. | |
Walker says there will be a meaningful vote. | |
Nicky Morgan, the Conservative chair of the Treasury committee, asks for an assurance that there will be “no trickery by the government to stop parliament having a say”. | |
Walker says he can give that assurance. | |
The Labour MP Yvette Cooper says Walker’s assurances are not satisfactory. | The Labour MP Yvette Cooper says Walker’s assurances are not satisfactory. |
She says the government should give MPs a written assurance that, if MPs have not had a vote by then, it will allow one. | She says the government should give MPs a written assurance that, if MPs have not had a vote by then, it will allow one. |
She says oral assurances are not enough. She says ministers repeatedly said there would be a vote yesterday until they pulled the vote. | She says oral assurances are not enough. She says ministers repeatedly said there would be a vote yesterday until they pulled the vote. |
Walker says Cooper came to the Commons expecting a row. | Walker says Cooper came to the Commons expecting a row. |
He says the government will put a motion to the Commons by 21 January. | He says the government will put a motion to the Commons by 21 January. |
He also says he “fully expects” the vote to take place sooner. | He also says he “fully expects” the vote to take place sooner. |
He urges MPs not to believe the conspiracy theories about this. | He urges MPs not to believe the conspiracy theories about this. |
Robin Walker, the Brexit minister, is now responding to Yvette Cooper’s urgent question about the meaningful vote. (See 11.25am.) | Robin Walker, the Brexit minister, is now responding to Yvette Cooper’s urgent question about the meaningful vote. (See 11.25am.) |
He says he accepts there was some debate about this yesterday. | He says he accepts there was some debate about this yesterday. |
He says the government is committed to holding the Brexit vote before 21 January. | He says the government is committed to holding the Brexit vote before 21 January. |
He says that, if the deal is defeated, the government will bring forward a motion, and MPs will get a vote. | He says that, if the deal is defeated, the government will bring forward a motion, and MPs will get a vote. |
And if for any reason there is no deal agreed by then, then the government will make a statement and allow a vote. | And if for any reason there is no deal agreed by then, then the government will make a statement and allow a vote. |
Walker insists MPs will definitely get a “meaningful vote” on Brexit. | |
Sir John Major has called for article 50 to be revoked immediately. | Sir John Major has called for article 50 to be revoked immediately. |
In his second speech in Ireland in as many days, the former prime minister told the Institute of International and European Affairs, that the people of Northern Ireland would be the first to lose if old enmities were awoken. | In his second speech in Ireland in as many days, the former prime minister told the Institute of International and European Affairs, that the people of Northern Ireland would be the first to lose if old enmities were awoken. |
John Major, speaking at #iiea now, says nobody wants chaos. Revoke Article 50 with ‘immediate effect’ he urges. pic.twitter.com/QGGmBAX2fP | John Major, speaking at #iiea now, says nobody wants chaos. Revoke Article 50 with ‘immediate effect’ he urges. pic.twitter.com/QGGmBAX2fP |
Last night he told a separate Irish audience that “a hard border, now or at the end of a long transition period or at any time would be disastrous. Peace isn’t secure, it never is and any new border would be a focus for the wild men on the fringes to reactivate old disputes and hatreds that should be laid to rest forever.” | Last night he told a separate Irish audience that “a hard border, now or at the end of a long transition period or at any time would be disastrous. Peace isn’t secure, it never is and any new border would be a focus for the wild men on the fringes to reactivate old disputes and hatreds that should be laid to rest forever.” |
The Met police have issued this statement about the incident at the Houses of Parliament where a man was tasered. | The Met police have issued this statement about the incident at the Houses of Parliament where a man was tasered. |
A man was arrested by Carriage Gates, inside the Palace of Westminster, on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site at around 11.55hrs on Tuesday, 11 December. A Taser was deployed. Enquiries into the circumstances continue. https://t.co/bzmTJwgLVU pic.twitter.com/NIujTT61eT | A man was arrested by Carriage Gates, inside the Palace of Westminster, on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site at around 11.55hrs on Tuesday, 11 December. A Taser was deployed. Enquiries into the circumstances continue. https://t.co/bzmTJwgLVU pic.twitter.com/NIujTT61eT |
On the subject of a referendum, Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, now sees that as more likely than any of the other possible resolutions to the Brexit crisis. | On the subject of a referendum, Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, now sees that as more likely than any of the other possible resolutions to the Brexit crisis. |
My take on Brexit probabilities. UK leaves with no deal, 15% chance. Parliament finally passes May's deal, slightly modified with EU 'assurances', 20%. Or it passes the deal with new political declaration sketching Norway, 20%. General election, 15%. Referendum, 30%. @CER_EU | My take on Brexit probabilities. UK leaves with no deal, 15% chance. Parliament finally passes May's deal, slightly modified with EU 'assurances', 20%. Or it passes the deal with new political declaration sketching Norway, 20%. General election, 15%. Referendum, 30%. @CER_EU |