MPs set to vote on amendments to Bill leading to Brexit talks

Meanwhile, an influential committee of MPs has said there was a real possibility the talks could end with no resolution and called on ministers to draw up a plan if a deal fails to be agreed.

The statement comes amid signs that UK Prime Minister Theresa May could activate Article 50, the formal notification of intention to withdraw, as early as Tuesday of next week.

But a s ource warned: “If they are dismissed out of hand then they have got some problems”.

One of the amendments voted through by the House of Lords would give MPs a “meaningful vote” on the final Brexit deal before withdrawing.

However, Davis insisted in a Sunday BBC interview that it was “not remotely likely” that there would be a complete breakdown in negotiations: “The simple truth is, we have been planning for the contingency, all the various outcomes, all the possible outcomes”.

Britain owes the European Union budget two billion euros after turning a blind eye to a major scam by Chinese importers, the EU’s fraud office said on Wednesday.

Parliament’s final vote on the UK’s departure from the European Union will force MPs to choose between the deal brokered by Theresa May or crashing out of the bloc on to World Trade Organisation terms in a so-called “hard Brexit”, David Davis has suggested.

“I don’t like Brexit”, he told reporters.

But Brexit could be delayed again if at least ten Tories oppose the Government or abstain in the vote on the Bill.

“There will be a response immediately from the European Council, and there will be guidelines issued by the European Council within 48 hours”.

European Union executive chief Jean-Claude Juncker remains confident the the United Kingdom could rejoin the European Union after Brexit.

“I think that actually, as it happens, we would be perfectly OK if we weren’t able to get an agreement, but I’m sure that we will”, he said on “Peston on Sunday” on ITV television.

Bill is set to be debated by MPs on Monday, when they will decide whether to accept two amendments added by the House of Lords.

Worldwide trade secretary Liam Fox said on Sunday that leaving the EU without a deal would be bad for both Britain and its European partners. The government intends for Britain to be out of the 28-nation bloc by March 2019, he said. The committee said there was every chance negotiations with Brussels could collapse within the next two years, forcing Britain to leave without even a transitional deal to smooth its exit.