{"id":140208,"date":"2018-06-12T17:12:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T17:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/ministers-win-key-brexit-bill-vote-after-concession\/"},"modified":"2018-06-12T17:12:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T17:12:48","slug":"ministers-win-key-brexit-bill-vote-after-concession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/ministers-win-key-brexit-bill-vote-after-concession\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministers win key Brexit bill vote after concession"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MPs vote on Brexit bill\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/ECDF\/production\/_101993606_de27-3.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  House of Commons                                                    <\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">The government has avoided a major defeat on its Brexit bill by 324 votes to 298 after a late concession.<\/p>\n<p>Ministers saw off a move to give MPs the decisive say on what happens over Brexit if they do not agree with the deal negotiated by the UK government.<\/p>\n<p>The concession offered by ministers is believed to include offering a new Parliamentary motion if the Brexit deal is voted down by MPs and peers.<\/p>\n<p>Two Tory MPs - Ken Clarke and Anna Soubry - voted against the government.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Davis seeks to stave off Brexit bill defeat<\/li>\n<li>Minister quits government over Brexit<\/li>\n<li>Phillip Lee quits: How big a problem is it for May?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday&#039;s Commons debate marked the start of the government&#039;s attempts to undo most of the changes to its EU Withdrawal Bill that were put forward by the House of Lords.<\/p>\n<p>The most contentious was the bid to give Parliament the power to tell the government what to do if the Brexit deal was voted down or no agreement was reached.<\/p>\n<p>There were clashes over how much of a say Parliament should get as the UK leaves the EU, with one side accusing the other of trying to &quot;wreck&quot; Brexit - and being accused in turn of being &quot;zealots&quot; who wanted to sideline Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking to placate would-be Conservative rebels, government frontbenchers offered to meet them to discuss their concerns, and agreed to &quot;engage positively&quot; on a &quot;compromise&quot; put forward by one of them, former attorney general Dominic Grieve.<\/p>\n<p>Details of precisely what this will involve will be agree in the coming days with the bill due to return to the House of Lords.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Grieve said he had &quot;confidence and trust&quot; that Prime Minister Theresa May would address his concerns.<\/p>\n<p>MPs would have the power to amend and vote on a Parliamentary motion. But the government is not believed to be willing to agree to Mr Grieve&#039;s call for MPs to take control of negotiations in the last resort.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier the government suffered its first ministerial resignation over Brexit as Phillip Lee quit the Ministry of Justice so he could speak out freely.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lee said Parliament was being sidelined and called for another referendum to be held when the final direction of Brexit becomes clear.<\/p>\n<p>Revealing he had abstained in the Commons vote on Parliament&#039;s role, he said he was &quot;delighted&quot; at the government&#039;s concession, adding: &quot;This justifies my decision to resign and makes it a lot less painful.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright House of Commons The government has avoided a major defeat on its Brexit bill by 324 votes to 298 after a late concession. 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