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Brexit: MPs overwhelmingly back Article 50 bill
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Feb 01, 2017 06:31pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Wednesday, February 1, 2017 10:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | MPs have voted by a majority of 384 to allow Prime Minister Theresa May to get Brexit negotiations under way.
They backed the government's European Union Bill, supported by the Labour leadership, by 498 votes to 114.
The prime minister has set a deadline of 31 March for invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, getting official talks with the EU started. The bill returns to the Commons next week. |
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