The House of Commons will hold a three-hour long emergency debate tomorrow morning on Theresa May’s decision to defer a planned vote on her Brexit deal.

Speaker John Bercow announced the decision following a request by Jeremy Corbyn.

The Labour leader said: ‘It cannot be right that the government can unilaterally alter the arrangements once the government has agreed on a timetable, without the house being given the opportunity to express its will.’

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Speaker John Bercow announced the decision following a request by the Jeremy Corbyn (Picture: BBC)

The speaker granted the debate after lawmakers from both Labour and May’s Conservative Party stood up in support.


All of the Labour MPs, and some government MPs, stood to call for the debate, with none objecting.

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Mrs May was not present for the motion, as she had left the chamber for the evening ahead of a breakfast with the Dutch Prime Minister in the morning.



She will then travel to Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel before potentially travelling to Brussels for more talks with EU leaders Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker.

An emergency debate was granted last week by the Speaker, which ended in the government being found to be in contempt of Parliament for keeping legal advice about he Brexit deal secret.

Jeremy Corbyn called for the emergency debate after Theresa May postponed the meaningful vote (Picture: PA)

It has been yet another difficult day for the Prime Minister (Picture: PA)

It was the first time a British government had been found to be in contempt in history.

Shortly after the emergency debate was granted, Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle was kicked out of the House of Commons for the rest of the day for taking the ceremonial Mace.

Earlier today, Donald Tusk said that the EU will not be renegotiating the Withdrawal Bill proposed by May.

The President of the European Council tweeted this afternoon after the Prime Minister cancelled a vote and said she planned on heading to Brussels to renegotiate.

Mr Tusk said: ‘I have decided to call the European Council on Brexit (Art. 50) on Thursday. We will not renegotiate the deal, including the backstop, but we are ready to discuss how to facilitate UK ratification.

As time is running out, we will also discuss our preparedness for a no-deal scenario.’

His statement came as a blow to Theresa May who announced that she was deferring the Meaningful Vote in Parliament while she renegotiated for the best deal.

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