{"id":139837,"date":"2018-06-12T02:51:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T02:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/brexit-may-seeks-to-stave-off-defeat-on-withdrawal-bill\/"},"modified":"2018-06-12T02:51:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T02:51:57","slug":"brexit-may-seeks-to-stave-off-defeat-on-withdrawal-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/brexit-may-seeks-to-stave-off-defeat-on-withdrawal-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit: May seeks to stave off defeat on Withdrawal Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Protesters outside Parliament\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/C983\/production\/_101978515_mediaitem101978514.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  AFP                                                    <\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Theresa May is striving to stave off a possible defeat in a crucial vote on the Brexit process after appealing to Conservative MPs not to undermine her. <\/p>\n<p>The Commons will vote later on whether to give MPs a decisive say on any final deal struck with the EU in the autumn.<\/p>\n<p>BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said it was &quot;dicey&quot; for the prime minister, who has warned defeats will send the wrong message to the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Ministers earlier backed a compromise on future customs procedures.<\/p>\n<p>The government has agreed to report to Parliament by October on efforts to negotiate a &quot;customs arrangement&quot; with the EU after Brexit. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flashpoints ahead for the Brexit bill<\/li>\n<li>Why is the customs union so important?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The fallback position has won the backing of a cross-section of leading Tory MPs on either side of the Brexit argument, avoiding for now a showdown over calls - backed by the House of Lords earlier this year - for the UK to remain in a fully-fledged customs union with the EU after it leaves. <\/p>\n<p>But the BBC&#039;s political editor said the prime minister was still under pressure over the terms of the &quot;meaningful&quot; vote that Parliament will have on any deal she brings back. <\/p>\n<h2>A big week for Brexit<\/h2>\n<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p0654bjw.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionWhat is the EU customs union?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There will be two days of votes on the EU Withdrawal Bill - the key legislation the government needs to pass to make its Brexit strategy work - starting on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>The House of Lords has put forward 15 specific changes to the bill which would require a different approach in some key areas.<\/p>\n<p>This week the government wants to kill off most of these changes - but numbers in the House of Commons are finely balanced, with the Conservatives not having a majority and needing the help of Northern Ireland&#039;s Democratic Unionist Party to get their way. <\/p>\n<h2>What MPs will be voting on<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>Image caption                                      A compromise amendment rejects calls for a customs union in favour of a customs arrangement                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The government opposes the following Lords amendments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Granting new powers to oversee changes made to EU law by the government<\/li>\n<li>Removing the precise day of Brexit from the wording of the bill<\/li>\n<li>Removing a section allowing ministers to use secondary legislation to establish when individuals can challenge the validity of retained EU law after exit<\/li>\n<li>Only let ministers use delegated powers to amend retained EU law where &quot;necessary&quot; <\/li>\n<li>Preventing ministers from using delegated powers to implement the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement<\/li>\n<li>Make staying in the European Economic Area, like Norway, a &quot;negotiating objective&quot; for the UK<\/li>\n<li>Transferring the EU&#039;s Charter of Fundamental Rights into UK law<\/li>\n<li>Allowing &quot;enhanced scrutiny&quot; when ministers use delegated powers to change EU employment, equality health and safety, consumer and environment rules<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The government has proposed its own version of these ones:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Giving Parliament the power to decide what happens if MPs and peers reject the final Brexit deal<\/li>\n<li>Explicitly preserving cooperation between Northern Ireland and the Republic and commit to no new border arrangements without the agreement of the UK and Irish governments<\/li>\n<li>Allowing people to challenge UK law if it fails to comply with the general principles of EU law<\/li>\n<li>Forcing ministers to maintain EU environmental principles in domestic law after Brexit<\/li>\n<li>Compelling ministers to aim for a deal allowing unaccompanied child refugees to join relatives in the UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The government has accepted this amendment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allowing the UK to replicate EU law made after Brexit day and continue to participate in EU agencies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The government is backing a compromise backbench amendment on this:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forcing the government to report on &quot;steps taken to negotiate a customs union with the EU&quot; by 31 October<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>To rebel or not rebel?<\/h2>\n<p>At a specially convened meeting at Westminster, Mrs May told her MPs they &quot;must think about the message Parliament will send to the European Union this week&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I am confident I can get a deal that allows us to strike our own trade deals while having a border with the EU which is as frictionless as possible,&quot; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;But if the Lords amendments are allowed to stand, that negotiating position will be undermined.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Please upgrade your browser<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.files.bbci.co.uk\/include\/newsspec\/19077-brexit-glossary\/assets\/project-assets\/brexit_logo--small.png\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>Your guide to Brexit jargon<\/h2>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                             Enter the word or phrase you are looking for                                                                                                                                                                                             Search                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>Some pro-EU Tories were reported to be backing away from voting against the government, over fears that a defeat could prompt a leadership contest and see Mrs May replaced by a far more hard-line Brexiteer.<\/p>\n<p>Former Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is reported to have said the customs compromise will &quot;buy time&quot; for the government ahead of a crucial summit of EU leaders later this month. <\/p>\n<p>                           Skip Twitter post  by @tnewtondunn                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m told 6 Tory MPs still holding out on meaningful vote and could vote against Govt tmrw: Ken Clarke, Dominic Grieve, Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen, Antoinette Sandbach, Sarah Wollaston. Would leave result extremely close.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) June 11, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @tnewtondunn<\/p>\n<p>Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve told the BBC&#039;s Newsnight the customs issue had been &quot;resolved&quot; but he could still vote against the government on the terms of the &quot;meaningful vote&quot; which he said remained an &quot;issue of difficulty&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>Rebels have dismissed a commitment by ministers to make a statement within 28 days should MPs vote down the package negotiated by Mrs May, with several urging Parliament to &quot;take control&quot; in such a scenario. <\/p>\n<p>Labour, which is backing 14 out of the 15 amendments, are urging Tory rebels to seize the chance to &quot;decisively shape the course of the negotiations&quot;. <\/p>\n<h2>Laura Kuenssberg: Squeaky moment or not? <\/h2>\n<p>There is still a chance of a squeaky moment for the government, or having to rely on votes from some Labour MPs, on a move to give Parliament more power if MPs vote to reject the final Brexit deal.<\/p>\n<p>Sources tell me the numbers are still rather dicey for that so called &#039;meaningful vote&#039; amendment that will take place tomorrow. <\/p>\n<p>There are discussions ongoing among potential rebels about whether they should deploy their forces. <\/p>\n<p>Some of them believe, as they do on the customs issue, that they have the numbers to beat the government if they decide it&#039;s the right moment. Appeals for party unity in the last couple of days, and the compromise on customs seem to have had some sway. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read Laura&#039;s full blog<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The key dates ahead on Brexit<\/h2>\n<p>Please upgrade your browser to view this content.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.files.bbci.co.uk\/include\/newsspec\/newsslabs\/bot-brexit-roadmap-final\/assets\/project-assets\/icon-timeline-white.svg\"\/>Timeline                                                                 hide                                                                                    <\/p>\n<h2>Brexit key dates<\/h2>\n<p>                                                               Next key date?                       Show all                                              Was this timeline useful?                             Yes                             No                             Thank you for your feedback.                                                               <\/p>\n<h3>Share this timeline.<\/h3>\n<h2>What is the EU Withdrawal Bill?<\/h2>\n<p>It is the legislation aimed at ensuring the UK has a smooth transition out of the EU.<\/p>\n<p>It will repeal the European Communities Act, which took Britain into what was then the European Economic Community, meaning EU law is no longer supreme in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>And to avoid a sudden &quot;cliff edge&quot; on Brexit day, 29 March 2019, it would also convert existing EU law into UK law so the government and Parliament can decide at a later date which bits they want to keep or change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright AFP Theresa May is striving to stave off a possible defeat in a crucial vote on the Brexit process after appealing to Conservative MPs not to undermine her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}