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| Brexit: David Davis warns MPs to leave bill unchanged | Brexit: David Davis warns MPs to leave bill unchanged |
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| The Brexit secretary has urged MPs to leave the bill for exiting the EU unchanged when it is debated in the Commons on Monday. | The Brexit secretary has urged MPs to leave the bill for exiting the EU unchanged when it is debated in the Commons on Monday. |
| David Davis said he would ask MPs to throw out measures to allow for a "meaningful" parliamentary vote on the final exit package. | |
| If MPs pass the bill, the prime minister could trigger Article 50 as early as Tuesday. | If MPs pass the bill, the prime minister could trigger Article 50 as early as Tuesday. |
| Theresa May has said she would rather walk away than agree to a "bad deal". | Theresa May has said she would rather walk away than agree to a "bad deal". |
| Monday will be the second time MPs debate and vote on the EU withdrawal bill. | Monday will be the second time MPs debate and vote on the EU withdrawal bill. |
| Ping pong bill | Ping pong bill |
| Mr Davis will also call on the Commons to consider a vote that guarantees the rights of EU citizens in the UK. | Mr Davis will also call on the Commons to consider a vote that guarantees the rights of EU citizens in the UK. |
| "However they voted in the referendum, the majority of people now want the prime minister to be able to get on with the job," he said. | "However they voted in the referendum, the majority of people now want the prime minister to be able to get on with the job," he said. |
| Amendments were made to the Brexit bill after they were backed by a majority of peers, most recently last week. | |
| Labour, which claims it is the only party with a "radical vision" for Brexit, has also appealed to Mrs May to let them go through. | Labour, which claims it is the only party with a "radical vision" for Brexit, has also appealed to Mrs May to let them go through. |
| The bill could complete its final stages on Monday if the Lords accepts the decisions made by MPs when it votes on it earlier in the day. | The bill could complete its final stages on Monday if the Lords accepts the decisions made by MPs when it votes on it earlier in the day. |
| Meanwhile, an influential committee of MPs has said there is a real possibility the talks could end with no resolution and called on ministers to draw up a plan if a deal fails to be agreed. | |
| "It is clear from our evidence that a complete breakdown in negotiations represents a very destructive outcome, leading to mutually assured damage for the EU and the UK," the Commons foreign affairs committee said. | "It is clear from our evidence that a complete breakdown in negotiations represents a very destructive outcome, leading to mutually assured damage for the EU and the UK," the Commons foreign affairs committee said. |
| "Both sides would suffer economic loss and harm to their international reputations." | "Both sides would suffer economic loss and harm to their international reputations." |
| Failure to prepare for such outcome would be a "serious dereliction of duty," the MPs said. | Failure to prepare for such outcome would be a "serious dereliction of duty," the MPs said. |
| Brexit: All you need to know | Brexit: All you need to know |
| The UK's Brexit plans: Theresa May sets out her approach | The UK's Brexit plans: Theresa May sets out her approach |
| Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said the government had been "reckless" not to prepare for a Leave vote and also in its approach to Article 50 negotiations. | Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said the government had been "reckless" not to prepare for a Leave vote and also in its approach to Article 50 negotiations. |
| "All we have heard from the government so far is that if there is no deal, they are prepared to 'break the British economic model'. | |
| "There are some very serious issues highlighted in this report which must be addressed. It is completely inadequate to brush these questions off and claim what would happen without a deal is 'an exercise in guesswork'." | |
| Parliament involvement | Parliament involvement |
| Conservatives Alistair Burt and Jeremy Lefroy have said Parliament should have a proper role in the government's plans for Brexit negotiations. | |
| Writing in the Mail on Sunday, they said there was "determination" by ministers to be involved in talks whether an agreement is reached at the end of the two year-process or not. | |
| "There is an absolute logic that Parliament should be given a say in both circumstances but the government has been reluctant to agree to a vote in the case of no deal, arguing it would hamper negotiations. | "There is an absolute logic that Parliament should be given a say in both circumstances but the government has been reluctant to agree to a vote in the case of no deal, arguing it would hamper negotiations. |
| "But if the UK's stance is not weakened by having to seek a vote on a final deal, why should the government fear a vote on 'no deal'? | |
| "Just because the consequences of a vote at the end of the process are immense, there is no reason to deny Parliament that vote." | "Just because the consequences of a vote at the end of the process are immense, there is no reason to deny Parliament that vote." |