Brexit secretary says rejection of deal would not result in renegotiation

Nottinghamshire MPs will play a key role in the House of Commons during a final vote on the Brexit bill – which could see negotiations on leaving the European Union triggered as early as Tuesday.

The Lords are likely to accept the bill without their amendments, however, meaning May will have the power to trigger Article 50 as early as Tuesday, once it has received royal assent.

Today, the Commons will consider a key amendment to the Bill triggering our withdrawal negotiations with the EU.

The bill will then return to the Lords on Monday night, where it is expected to pass swiftly in deference to the will of the Commons.

The Prime Minister looks set to keep Brussels waiting until at least next week despite speculation she would officially trigger the Brexit process as early as Tuesday.

Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said: “It was reckless of the Government to fail to plan for a Leave vote a year ago, and as this report shows, they are being just as reckless in their approach to the Article 50 negotiations, if not more so”.

Theresa May will not trigger Article 50 and begin taking Britain out of the European Union this week, Downing Street has revealed.

When asked about this exit fee, which is being dubbed the “divorce settlement”, at the recent EU Council Summit, May did not rule out that such a fine would be paid on the UK’s departure from the bloc.

The Brexit secretary, David Davis, told colleagues that MPs and peers had made their arguments with “passion, sincerity and conviction” but said he was disappointed by the amendments.

She said the Lords’ view on the issue had been rejected by the elected Commons and it was clear the Government wasn’t for turning.

He said the “No” camp has generally held a slight lead over the past year and now leads 52-48 if undecided voters are excluded, according to opinion polls tracked by the think tank ScotCen. The House of Commons has rejected amendments passed in the Lords.

The commission plans to demand a €60 billion settlement as means through which to temporarily patch over the financial hole that Brexit will leave in the European Union budget.

The Scottish First Minister said she had not received the assurances she wanted from the PM, and that she had no choice but to push for another vote. The Lords had successfully added an amendment which would force Theresa May to guarantee the rights of the 3 million nationals living in the United Kingdom before she starts negotiating. On the Andrew Marr Show, he said: ‘Please don’t tie the Prime Minister’s hands in the process of doing that for things which we expect to attain anyway’.

It has been 262 days since Britain shocked the world by voting to exit the EU.

Speaking on the BBC, Ms Soubry, one of the leading pro-EU Tory backbenchers who could lead a rebellion today said: “I think the big fear, certainly the fear I have, is that we’ll be crashing out in six months”.

Then after a court battle, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled in January that Parliament must be consulted before Article 50 is invoked, a decision that paved the way for the Brexit bill now making its way through the Commons and Lords.