Peers debate reconciliation

Summary

Debate on reconciliation in foreign policy and international development

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Georgina Pattinson

Evening Standard front: Chaos as May ducks crunch Brexit votepublished at 13:26 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2018
Evening Standard editor and former chancellor tweets...
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'Campaign of propaganda'published at 13:26 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2018
Brexiteer Tory MP tweets...
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Three Commons statements duepublished at 13:22 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2018
Theresa May's 15:30 GMT statement entitled Exiting the EU will be followed by Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom announcing changes to parliamentary business for the days ahead. Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay will then make a statement to MPs on the Article 50 process.
What were MPs due to vote on?published at 13:21 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2018
MPs had been expecting to vote on the Brexit withdrawal agreement which set out how the UK would leave the EU.
The agreement:
- States that if no long-term trade deal has been agreed by the end of 2020 that avoids a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and if there is no extension to the transition period, then a backstop consisting of "a single customs territory between the (European) Union and the United Kingdom" will be triggered.
- Establishes a transition period (which the UK government calls "implementation period") begins on 29 March 2019 and lasts until 31 December 2020.
- Sets out the calculations for the financial settlement (or "divorce bill") that the UK will need to pay to the EU to settle all of its obligations - expected to be at least £39bn.
Read Reality Check's analysis of the Brexit withdrawal agreement here.
BBC political editor on vote delay reportspublished at 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2018
Theresa May had seemed to be on course for a pretty heavy defeat, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg explains:
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Pound falls on reportspublished at 13:19 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2018
Sterling slides against dollar and euro
The pound fell sharply in response to the news, shedding 0.5% against the US dollar to stand at $1.26. Against the euro, the pound was 0.8% down at 1.10.
'Take this matter back to the people'published at 13:19 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2018
Leading Conservative Remainer tweets...
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'Pathetic cowardice from PM' - Sturgeonpublished at 13:12 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2018
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is critical of Theresa May amid reports the vote is being delayed:
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PM's Brexit deal 'defeated'published at 13:11 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2018
Former Brexit minister tweets
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Labour leader calls it 'desperate step'published at 13:11 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2018
Jeremy Corbyn tweets
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Key Brexit vote set to be delayedpublished at 13:06 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2018
At 15:30 GMT Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to delay Tuesday's vote on her Brexit deal, in a statement to MPs.
There has been no official confirmation, but the BBC's Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has been told by three cabinet sources that the delay will be announced.
MPs were due to vote on the withdrawal agreement, reached by the prime minister with the EU. However, the plans faced opposition across the House of Commons.