Summary

  • No 10 pushes to get MPs to vote again on Boris Johnson's Brexit deal

  • But Commons Speaker John Bercow rules that it cannot take place

  • PM was forced to ask for Brexit delay after MPs withheld their consent on Saturday

  • At midday: Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay questioned by Lords EU Committee

  • Ministers later expected to publish bill for implementing PM's Brexit deal

  1. What happens now that a deal's been done?published at 18:49 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2020

    The UK and EU begin a new relationship on 1 January 2021.

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  2. What is the Withdrawal Agreement Bill?published at 14:55 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2020

    'The WAB' has passed all its stages in Parliament. Here's what it is.

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  3. Commons adjournspublished at 21:01 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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    MPs have finished their business for the day.

    But debates on the Queen's Speech are continuing in the Lords.

  4. Adjournment debatepublished at 20:35 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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    The Commons has now begun an adjournment debate about further education provision in St Austell.

  5. Government publishes Brexit billpublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

    Withdrawal Agreement Bill

    No 10 is pushing for a three-day timetable for MPs to scrutinise the legislation, which could make the PM's deal law.

    PM aims to push Brexit bill through in three days

    No 10 is proposing an intensive Commons timetable after publishing the 110-page bill.

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  6. Here's the Withdrawal Agreement Bill - all 110 pages of itpublished at 19:56 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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  7. Withdrawal Agreement Bill presented to the Commonspublished at 19:40 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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    It was only a short moment, but the Withdrawal Agreement Bill that could turn Boris Johnson's deal into law has been presented to the Commons.

  8. Another historic moment to come?published at 19:36 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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  9. EU's patience 'tested' in event of amended treatypublished at 19:19 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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  10. Raab makes statement on Harry Dunnpublished at 19:12 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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    The foreign secretary makes a statement about the ongoing case of the 19-year-old, who died after a collision with a car owned by a US diplomat's wife.

  11. Sheppard: Government has a 'Halloween fetish'published at 19:00 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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    The SNP's Tommy Sheppard calls on Michael Gove to say "what is he not telling us".

    He wants to know why the minister "continues to commit hundreds of civil servants and waste hundreds of millions of taxpayers' money on an objective we have consistently ruled out".

    Mr Sheppard says the PM has acted with "all the enthusiasm of a petulant schoolboy" in asking the EU for an extension to Brexit - but he has done it.

    So he wonders whether all the planning is based on an expected refusal from the bloc.

    The SNP MP also pushes Mr Gove on why 31 October is so important.

    "How come this date... has become elevated to extent it has?

    "This government has a Halloween fetish. The only reason it matters... is to save face for this prime minister."

    He adds: "It is a rum day indeed when the government is more concerned with the vanity of the prime minister than making good legislation."

  12. Trickett: UK 'on edge of precipice'published at 18:47 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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    John Trickett

    Labour's shadow cabinet office minister John Trickett says a no-deal Brexit would be a "disaster", and the government has put the UK "right on the edge of the precipice".

    He asks Mr Gove to keep Parliament abreast of the meetings of his no-deal planning committee - which the minister says will now be daily.

    But Mr Trickett also makes a dig at his opposite number.

    "The idea was [Mr Gove] tried to avoid such a outcome, rather than make a no-deal possible," he says.

    "But his statement today fills me with foreboding.

    "It appears [the government] really do think 31 October is a date this House will accept."

    He adds: "MPs have repeatedly shown there is no will in this House to turn for a no-deal. It will not happen."

    Mr Trickett concludes that the government is trying to "blackmail and bully" MPs into voting for the PM's deal with the threat of no-deal.

  13. Parliamentary Labour Party meetpublished at 18:34 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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  14. Gove: 'Orderly exit put in doubt'published at 18:31 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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    Michael Gove says the government "is determined to do everything we can to leave with a deal".

    He says the deal negotiated by Boris Johnson "gives this House opportunity to honour the votes of 17.4m people" and allow the UK to leave "on time and in an orderly fashion".

    But Mr Gove claims voting for the Letwin amendment on Saturday "put an orderly exit in doubt".

    He says officials have told him plans for a no-deal Brexit must now "intensify".

    "No-one would be happier than me to turn off those preparations and stand down planning for a no-deal," adds Mr Gove.

    "But if we are to be certain... we have to vote for the prime minister's deal."

  15. Gove makes no-deal Brexit statementpublished at 18:23 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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    The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster makes a statement to the Commons about no-deal Brexit planning.

  16. What will happen with Brexit in the next few days?published at 18:09 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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    The British government and the EU have agreed a new Brexit deal, but will it get through Parliament?

    What happens after Brexit?

    Brexit officially happened on 31 January but the UK is now in a transition period until the end of 2020.

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  17. Burning the midnight oil?published at 18:06 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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  18. Proposed Brexit bill timetable 'not good enough'published at 17:58 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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    The SNP's Pete Wishart expresses his concerns over the government's proposed timetable for the withdrawal agreement bill, which he calls "not good enough".

    The draft legislation is expected to run to over a hundred pages, he says.

    "How on earth are we going to have the chance to assess that properly?" he asks.

  19. Rees-Mogg confirms attempt to pass Brexit bill in three dayspublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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    Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg makes a statement on the parliamentary timetable for this week.

    He confirms that the government will try to pass all stages of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) in the Commons this week, before the end of the scheduled sitting on Thursday.

    That will start with the second reading of the bill tomorrow, he confirms.

  20. Smith answers urgent question on Northern Irelandpublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 21 October 2019

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    Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith is answering an urgent question from shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Tony Lloyd.

    Mr Smith confirms that from tomorrow, sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 - which make abortion a criminal offence - will be repealed in Northern Ireland.

    He says lawful access to abortion services will be in place by 31 March 2020.

    He adds that same sex marriages will also become legal and regulations are to be made no later than 13 January 2020.

    He says the first same sex marriages in Northern Ireland will take place in the wake of Valentine's Day 2020.