Brexit delay bill passes the House of Commons
It would force Boris Johnson to ask EU for delay to Brexit to prevent no deal
PM says there must now be a general election
But his bid to hold one on 15 October fails due to lack of opposition support
Earlier, chancellor set out spending plans for coming year
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"The country must decide whether the leader of the opposition or I got to Brussels to sort this out," Mr Johnson says.
"If I am prime minister I will try to get a deal.
"And believe me I know that I can.
"In the view of this government there must now be an election on Tuesday 15 October."
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"There is only one way forward for the country," says the prime minister.
"The House has voted repeatedly to leave the EU but it has also voted to delay actually leaving.
"Today, I'm afraid it has voted to scupper any serious negotiations."
"There aren't any," shout opposition MPs.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson opens the debate.
He begins by saying the bill just passed "effectively ends the negotiations" with the EU.
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MPs now move on to debate the motion on holding an early election.
Under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, a prime minister must have the backing of at least two-thirds of the UK's 650 MPs before a poll can be called outside of the fixed five-year terms.
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The bill has passed its stages in the House of Commons and now heads to the House of Lords.
However peers are still debating over the business motion which sets out how much time will be made available to discuss the bill.
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MPs have approved the bill at third reading:
Ayes: 327
Noes: 299
Majority: 28
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EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has been speaking in Brussels ahead of speaking to the European Parliament.
He told reporters: "After my meeting with member states, now the [European] Parliament. Still at work.
"I just want to tell you that the EU will remain in any circumstances vigilant, united and calm."
Earlier, Mr Barnier had been briefing the EU's 27 member states.
BBC political correspondent Damian Grammaticas said Mr Barnier's message to them was that "nothing new has come from the UK".
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MPs now debate on whether to give the bill its third reading.
This will be the last vote on the bill.
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There are no further votes, and the bill now moves to the third reading.
"There may have been a cock up behind the scenes," says the Hansard Society's Dr Ruth Fox.
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Parliamentary Correspondent
There seems to be considerable confusion
It sounds like Stephen Kinnock has won his amendment because no teller for the other side has been found.
So he has won his amendment.
This has made a very significant alteration to the bill.
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There seems to be a bit of confusion in the chamber.
MPs had begun to vote on the amendment but the division has now been called off.
Mark D'Arcy
Parliamentary Correspondent
This amendment was an attempt to find a middle way.
It did seem to get a little bit of traction during the debate.
How much? We will have to wait and see.
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The next amendment to be voted on is amendment six.
This would extend the Brexit delay in order to allow MPs to pass a withdrawal agreement - based on the result of cross party talks between Labour and the Conservatives back in May.
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MPs have voted to defeat the amendment:
Ayes: 65
Noes: 495
Majority: 430