UK Parliament votes in favour of starting Brexit process

He was among a fifth of Labour MPs (47) defied Jeremy Corbyn’s three-line whip and voted against.

MPs will vote later on whether to give Theresa May permission to begin Brexit negotiations.

Here’s what north east Labour MPs in our constituencies have said on the issue.

“That question was never on the ballot paper and therefore I felt it was wrong to support the Government today”, she said.

And he urged the remaining 27 member states and European institutions to be guided in the upcoming talks by the principles of “international co-operation and good neighbourliness”.

“Most worrying of all is the rapidly changing social context which is leading to a rise of racism and hate crime in the UK”.

But the opposition Labour party complained that the document was only released to MPs as David got up to speak.

“If Brexit is the opportunity promised by the Prime Minister, she will have to explain how communities like East Durham will benefit post-Brexit in terms of regeneration and investment”.

Brexit secretary David Davis announced the plans in a speech to Parliament on Thursday, and said that the government would aim to continue seeking a national consensus on the negotiations ahead.

The bill face more debate before it becomes law. “As democrats, our party has to accept the result (of the referendum) and it follows that the Prime Minister shouldn’t be blocked from starting Article 50 negotiations”.

So far only Jo Stevens and Tulip Siddiq have quit the frontbench over article 50.

“Following the referendum Dawn was clear that if Parliament was presented with a vote on triggering Article 50, she would vote against”.

Davis confirmed that Britain would the customs union, saying after Brexit: “We will not be bound by the EU’s Common External Tariff or participate in the Common Commercial Policy”.

May made earlier this month where she laid out her 12 negotiating priorities for Brexit, which included plans to leave the European tariff-free single market for trade, control immigration from Europe and remove the United Kingdom from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.

“The fact that the Supreme Court did not hold up the Sewel Convention, which basically means they don’t need to consult the devolved parliaments of Northern Ireland, Wales and of course Scotland, could actually trigger some tension, particularly with Scotland”.