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Brexit bill: Ministers expect MPs to reject changes Brexit bill: MPs urged to reject Lords changes
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Ministers believe MPs will reject the two changes made to the Brexit bill in the House of Lords as they debate it for the second time. MPs have been urged to reject changes to the Brexit bill made by peers as they debate it for a second time.
Peers want to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in the UK and ensure Parliament has a vote on any deal. The House of Lords wants to guarantee the rights of EU citizens and ensure Parliament has a vote on any deal.
Brexit Secretary David Davis said a "no strings attached" bill would strengthen the UK's hand - but Labour said he was "obsessed with passing a clean bill".
The EU Withdrawal Bill could complete its final stages if both Houses of Parliament agree the text of the bill.The EU Withdrawal Bill could complete its final stages if both Houses of Parliament agree the text of the bill.
PM Theresa May could then trigger Article 50, which formally starts the Brexit process, as early as Tuesday. Prime Minister Theresa May could then theoretically trigger Article 50, which formally starts the Brexit process, as early as Tuesday.
But the BBC's chief political correspondent Vicki Young said she had been told it would not happen this week and the prime minister was expected to wait until the end of the month to officially notify the EU of the UK's intention to leave.But the BBC's chief political correspondent Vicki Young said she had been told it would not happen this week and the prime minister was expected to wait until the end of the month to officially notify the EU of the UK's intention to leave.
Both the House of Commons and House of Lords will debate and vote on the bill on Monday. MPs will go first, and if they reverse the Lords changes it will be passed back to peers to decide whether they want to go against the government's plans again.Both the House of Commons and House of Lords will debate and vote on the bill on Monday. MPs will go first, and if they reverse the Lords changes it will be passed back to peers to decide whether they want to go against the government's plans again.
The bill travels back and forth between the two chambers until both sides agree - Parliament could sit through the night to try to reach an agreement, and time has also been set aside on Tuesday and Wednesday.The bill travels back and forth between the two chambers until both sides agree - Parliament could sit through the night to try to reach an agreement, and time has also been set aside on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Once it is agreed, the bill will go for Royal Assent, after which Mrs May can formally tell the rest of the EU that she is ready to start negotiating.Once it is agreed, the bill will go for Royal Assent, after which Mrs May can formally tell the rest of the EU that she is ready to start negotiating.
Vicki Young said she thought it likely that MPs would overturn the Lords' amendments to the bill, and did not expect peers to try to block the bill any further.Vicki Young said she thought it likely that MPs would overturn the Lords' amendments to the bill, and did not expect peers to try to block the bill any further.
This could mean it was all "done and dusted by midnight" on Monday, she said.This could mean it was all "done and dusted by midnight" on Monday, she said.
Opening Monday's debate, Brexit Secretary David Davis said MPs had already approved the bill "without any strings attached" and putting it into law "without further delay" would enable the negotiations to begin.
'Quick deal'
He said the government was committed to a "quick deal" on the rights of EU residents, but insisted guarantees must be reciprocal. Parliament, he added, would have many opportunities to scrutinise and vote on key issues during the "long democratic process" of EU withdrawal.
He repeated the government's verbal assurances that both Houses would have a vote on any Brexit deal, but warned that while the Lords amendment "has been badged as a meaningful vote, some would have it as an opportunity to overturn the referendum result".
"We will not have anything that will put the intention to leave the EU in doubt," he told MPs.
Labour has urged the prime minister to consider keeping the "really important" Lords amendments, saying that EU citizens in the UK had been "left in limbo", waiting to hear if they would have the right to stay.Labour has urged the prime minister to consider keeping the "really important" Lords amendments, saying that EU citizens in the UK had been "left in limbo", waiting to hear if they would have the right to stay.
Leader Jeremy Corbyn told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The issue of the rights of EU nationals to remain here is a decent human one and part of our economic success or not - because if we lost those working in the NHS, then we damage our own health service, we damage our own economy." Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer said there was a "compelling case" to give EU residents the certainty they deserved right now.
In an interview on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, Brexit Secretary David Davis insisted the UK would be prepared if it has to leave the EU at the end of the two-year negotiating process with no deal in place with the other 27 nations. "Labour supports this amendment not only because it is the right thing do in principle but passing it tonight would set the right tone ahead of the negotiations," he said.
Asked whether MPs will be given a vote if there is no deal at the end of Brexit talks, Downing Street said the government "will not sign up to anything that ties the prime minister's hand" in negotiations. Earlier, leader Jeremy Corbyn told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The issue of the rights of EU nationals to remain here is a decent human one and part of our economic success or not - because if we lost those working in the NHS, then we damage our own health service, we damage our own economy."
Mrs May has said Parliament will get a vote, but some MPs and peers want a stronger commitment to give them a more "meaningful" say - and to be able to potentially send her back to the negotiating table in Brussels.Mrs May has said Parliament will get a vote, but some MPs and peers want a stronger commitment to give them a more "meaningful" say - and to be able to potentially send her back to the negotiating table in Brussels.
Conservative MP Nicky Morgan, a Remain campaigner, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme seeking such an assurance was not about blocking Brexit.Conservative MP Nicky Morgan, a Remain campaigner, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme seeking such an assurance was not about blocking Brexit.
"David Davis and everybody else know that Parliament will find a way to have a vote. Isn't it better that the government acknowledges that today...?" she said."David Davis and everybody else know that Parliament will find a way to have a vote. Isn't it better that the government acknowledges that today...?" she said.
Ms Morgan added: "If the prime minister wants a united party behind her this is a simple reassurance that can be given by ministers at the despatch box that will have the effect of me and my colleagues supporting the government on this."Ms Morgan added: "If the prime minister wants a united party behind her this is a simple reassurance that can be given by ministers at the despatch box that will have the effect of me and my colleagues supporting the government on this."
Analysis By Vicki Young, BBC chief political correspondentAnalysis By Vicki Young, BBC chief political correspondent
Conservative MPs are looking for further verbal guarantees from ministers over the exact nature of the parliamentary vote they've been promised on any Brexit deal Theresa May negotiates.Conservative MPs are looking for further verbal guarantees from ministers over the exact nature of the parliamentary vote they've been promised on any Brexit deal Theresa May negotiates.
Labour is telling its MPs to vote against the government and around 10 Tory backbenchers have defied orders from their party managers in previous votes on this bill, but a rebellion on that scale won't be enough to defeat the government and ministers aren't expected to make concessions.Labour is telling its MPs to vote against the government and around 10 Tory backbenchers have defied orders from their party managers in previous votes on this bill, but a rebellion on that scale won't be enough to defeat the government and ministers aren't expected to make concessions.
All eyes will then move to the Lords where the Liberal Democrats have promised to keep the pressure on the government - but Labour peers seem more likely to back down, so by tonight the rebellion could have melted away.All eyes will then move to the Lords where the Liberal Democrats have promised to keep the pressure on the government - but Labour peers seem more likely to back down, so by tonight the rebellion could have melted away.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told ITV's Peston on Sunday that "no deal" would be "perfectly OK", and the consequences were not "as apocalyptic as some people like to pretend".Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told ITV's Peston on Sunday that "no deal" would be "perfectly OK", and the consequences were not "as apocalyptic as some people like to pretend".
But Conservative former deputy PM Lord Heseltine, who was sacked as an adviser last week after rebelling, dismissed his comments as "rubbish", saying many Conservatives felt "betrayed".But Conservative former deputy PM Lord Heseltine, who was sacked as an adviser last week after rebelling, dismissed his comments as "rubbish", saying many Conservatives felt "betrayed".
Mrs May has said she would rather take the UK out of the EU with no deal rather than a "bad deal".Mrs May has said she would rather take the UK out of the EU with no deal rather than a "bad deal".
No deal would result in trade rules defaulting to World Trade Organisation standards, meaning the UK and EU would be obliged to apply to each other the tariffs and other trade restrictions they apply to the rest of the world.No deal would result in trade rules defaulting to World Trade Organisation standards, meaning the UK and EU would be obliged to apply to each other the tariffs and other trade restrictions they apply to the rest of the world.