MPs vote for government motion to seek delay to Brexit by 413 to 202
It comes after MPs reject the UK leaving the EU without a deal by 321 to 278 votes on Wednesday
Theresa May is to make a third attempt to get her deal through Parliament in the next week
Speaker John Bercow blocks amendment on rejecting a second referendum - prompting anger from Brexiteers
Labour abstains on an amendment calling for another referendum
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Independent Group MP Dr Sarah Wollaston's amendment, which called for an extension of Article 50 for another referendum to take place, has been rejected by 334 votes to 85 - a majority of 249.
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Former chief whip for the Conservatives, Sir Patrick McLoughlin says that it is a "very difficult job" for the moment as the party is split.
He adds that he doesn't like the idea of "yet again delaying Brexit" but it is a "needs must".
He says those who want Brexit to happen need to realise that they have to vote for Theresa May's deal.
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Jill Rutter, of the Institute for Government, says that the Wollaston amendment calling for another referendum does not have much hope of passing as Labour have whipped to abstain.
She says it will be more interesting to find out which MPs defy the Labour whip. Many are worried that the idea could be exhausted too early.
Anand Menon, of UK in a Changing Europe, says that it could mean the prime minister might now turn around and say that a new referendum has been defeated in the Commons.
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Image source, HoCLabour is abstaining on the first vote of the evening - calling for another referendum, as can be seen from the seated MPs on the right side of the Commons chamber. The party is not backing this amendment, because it says it is not the right time to push for another public vote.
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MPs are now voting on Independent Group MP Dr Sarah Wollaston's amendment, requesting an extension of Article 50 - with the aim of holding another referendum.
Earlier today, Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer confirmed that Labour will not be supporting the amendment.
The official 'People's Vote' campaign have also expressed a will for MPs to not vote in favour of the amendment today, as "it is not the right time."
A result is expected at around 17:15 GMT.
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Image source, HoCBrexit Secretary Stephen Barclay says that Labour's amendment is "fundamentally flawed", as he says that the EU has said that any extension to Article 50 must be for a specific reason.
He asks what Labour's red lines are and says their ideas are "completely unrealistic".
He accuses Jeremy Corbyn of "refusing even to meet with the prime minister" on Brexit.
On the Benn amendment, which would allow MPs to take control of the process, he says that the government will set out tomorrow what their next steps are.
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Shadow Brexit minister Paul Blomfield says any extension to Brexit talks should be "as short as possible but as long as necessary".
He adds that any extension to Article 50 should have a "clear purpose".
Saying that if the PM's deal is rejected, the UK might have to take part in European Parliament elections due in May is a "bullying tactic", he says.
The options before MPs now are, he says, are a "different deal" or a "further public vote".
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Image source, HoCShadow Brexit minister Paul Blomfield says that Labour will be supporting an amendment which prevents the government from bringing the withdrawal agreement back to the Commons again, if it remains unchanged.
"How can Meaningful Vote Three be meaningful in any sense of the word?" he asks.
He adds that the 2016 referendum was an "instruction to leave" but "not an instruction to rupture" the UK's relationship with the EU.
The prime minister lost her majority in the 2017 election when she sought a mandate for a hard Brexit, he adds.
He says that the frontbench Labour amendment provides a "way out" of the current situation in Parliament.
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Image source, Getty ImagesTheresa May has left Downing Street and is on her way to the Commons ahead of the conclusion of today's Commons debate on Article 50.
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Image source, HoCLabour's Yvette Cooper is among MPs to have put her name to an amendment which would allow MPs to debate different Brexit options next week.
Earlier in the day, Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington offered to "facilitate a process" to allow MPs to try to come to a majority view, two weeks after next week's EU summit.
But Ms Cooper says MPs "have a responsibility now" to find a solution.
She adds that MPs should have the opportunity to come to a decision "much more quickly than the minister set out".
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Article 50 Debate
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MPs are into the final hour of the debate on extending Article 50, which would delay Brexit beyond 29 March, if the EU agreed to it.
Votes will begin from 17:00 GMT.
If every amendment selected by the Speaker is moved by the MPs that tabled it, there will be a total of five votes.
There will be four votes on the selected amendments and then a final vote on the government's Article 50 motion.
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Image source, HoC"What is the constitutional outrage in checking that we have the people's consent," asks Independent Group MP and campaigner for a new referendum Sarah Wollaston.
"The government front bench will never be forgiven for the consequences of Brexit unless they have paused to ask for explicit consent for their version of Brexit," she says.
"If the prime minister was a surgeon she would be fired for not considering consent," she says.
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Image source, HoCLabour's Hilary Benn - chair of the Brexit committee and proposer of amendment i - now speaks.
His amendment would allow MPs to take control of parliamentary business to debate and vote on different Brexit options.
He says people watching on see "chaos and uncertainty" and that MPs have a responsibility to demonstrate that "this Parliament can and will do its job."
He adds he will be supporting Lucy Powell's amendment which specifies that Article 50 should be extended to 30 June.
Image source, EPAMore on Donald Trump's comments on Brexit.
Speaking to reporters at the White House ahead of his meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, the US president said he did not think a new Brexit referendum would be "possible" as it would be "unfair to people who have won".
He said the issue of Brexit was a "very complex thing right now, it's tearing a country apart, it's actually tearing a lot of countries apart and it's a shame it has to be that way..."
Mr Trump added. "I'm surprised at how badly it has all gone from a standpoint of negotiations but I gave the prime minister my ideas of how to negotiate it. I think they would have been successful. She didn't listen to that and that's fine but it could have been negotiated in a different manner."
Asked if he thinks the Brexit deadline should be extended, Mr Trump said: "I think they are probably going to have to do something, because right now they are in the midst of a very short period of time, at the end of the month and they are not going to be able to do that."
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Image source, HoCThe debate has turned into a battle between the SNP and the Conservatives.
Tory MP Paul Masterton challenges the government in Scotland to call an early election. "The Scottish Conservatives will take you on," he says.
"Dear, oh dear - talk about bravado," replies the SNP's Ian Blackford.
Speaker John Bercow suggests that "a certain tribalism is in danger of enveloping the House."