Summary

  • MPs vote to approve legislation that will pass the EU-UK post-Brexit deal into UK law

  • The Commons approves the measures by 521 votes to 73 at its first stage in the Commons

  • Parliament was recalled to put the agreement into UK law, one day before the UK stops following EU rules

  • Proceedings in the House of Commons started at 09:30 GMT

  • The EU (Future Relationship) Bill will then pass to the House of Lords for their approval

  • Once both Houses have agreed to the bill, the Queen will be asked to give her consent, known as Royal Assent

  • EU bosses officially signed the agreement in Brussels earlier - it has been flown to London by the RAF for Boris Johnson to sign

Live Reporting

Kate Whannel, Justin Parkinson and Edited by Johanna Howitt

  1. Good Morning

    BBC Politics

    Hello and welcome to our live coverage of today's proceedings in Parliament.

    MPs and peers will vote this afternoon on the new trade deal agreed last week between the UK and the European Union.

    It's expected to pass with ease, not least because the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has instructed his MPs to back Boris Johnson’s deal.

    But Sir Keir is expected to face a small rebellion by some of his colleagues who were determined to vote against what they say is a bad deal for the UK.

    We'll bring all the developments as they happen, with analysis from our political correspondents.

    Do stay with us.